Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the rollout of large-scale, rapid testing for covid-19 in cares homes in Rother Valley constituency.

We are rapidly upscaling our satellite testing capabilities to provide a more agile and flexible method of testing in care homes.

Under the satellite model, we distribute test kits to a National Health Service trust or care facility that has a pressing need, and then collect and process the resulting swabs through the COVID-19 National Testing Programme labs.

For all constituencies across England, including Rother Valley, we have delivered whole care home testing to all care homes for over 65s and people with dementia and from 7 June rolled out whole care home testing to all other adult care homes.