NHS Trusts: Coronavirus
(asked on 22nd April 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS Trusts offer on site covid-19 testing for NHS staff.
This question was answered on 10th June 2020
National Health Service trusts have all put in place swabbing arrangements for their employees. This is either on the hospital estate or provided at locations in the local communities near their trust that are accessible for employees.
COVID-19 tests are conducted through pathology networks across England in laboratories. They are conducted at the laboratories with the relevant testing platforms.