Coronavirus: Screening

(asked on 6th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which businesses have been (a) accredited to supply lateral flow tests to the NHS and (b) accredited to supply those tests for use in the UK.


Answered by
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Maggie Throup
This question was answered on 1st February 2022

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) does not accredit businesses to supply lateral flow tests. The UK Health Security Agency evaluates lateral flow tests. Only lateral flow tests that pass evaluation are supplied to the National Health Service and are available to be sold in the United Kingdom.

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