Coronavirus: Screening
(asked on 28th February 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commit to keeping NHS covid-19 lateral flow tests for people who visit care home residents.
This question was answered on 3rd March 2022
Testing for visitors to care homes should continue in line with the wider care home testing regime. The regular asymptomatic testing regimes from 1 April 2022 are currently under review, including for visitors to care homes. Further detail on future testing in adult social care testing will be provided in due course.