Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether tests for covid-19 that have exceeded the recommended time-frame for results are recorded as clinical incidents.
Later than expected delivery of test results i.e. exceeded the ‘within 24 to 48 hour of test booking’ target are reported as clinical incidents if one of the below two conditions applies:
- Aged samples – where an incident causes a delay to the testing of a sample, but a result was achieved.
- Voids – where a result cannot be achieved from a sample for reasons including that the sample has become too old.