Coronavirus: Screening

(asked on 2nd December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the difficulties faced by people with disabilities, such as a visual impairment, in using use covid-19 lateral flow testing kits at home.


Answered by
Maggie Throup Portrait
Maggie Throup
This question was answered on 9th December 2021

The Department ensures that lateral flow tests are available for free through a choice of testing routes. People can self-test under guidance from a trained testing operative if needed at asymptomatic test sites. We provide a range of accessible format testing instructions and continue to procure rapid lateral flow tests kits which are progressively easier to use and reflect improvements made following feedback received from users of our testing services. In autumn 2021, a short pilot was conducted with a diverse set of visually impaired volunteers to assess to what extent remote video assistance via the 119 service might support them and others to self-test independently and accurately using a lateral flow test kit. The pilot findings and recommendations are currently being finalised for stakeholder review.

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