Social Services: Coronavirus
(asked on 22nd July 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of agency care staff who are able to access weekly covid-19 testing.
This question was answered on 10th September 2020
All agency staff working in care homes are eligible to access weekly COVID-19 testing through the care home they work in. Regular retesting was initially rolled out for care homes specialising in care for over 65s and/or those with dementia. All other adult care homes are now eligible to place orders for test kits to begin regular retesting.
Test results do not differentiate between agency staff and permanent care home staff.