Coronavirus: Screening

(asked on 24th November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 test sites have stopped providing free home lateral flow test kits for collection.


Answered by
Maggie Throup Portrait
Maggie Throup
This question was answered on 10th January 2022

Lateral flow device (LFD) tests are no longer available from local tests sites in England, as home testing has become the preferred method. As with polymerase chain reaction test kits, these are sent free of charge to the home or the address specified. Home testing enables those who are shielding, self-isolating, have mobility issues, live in very rural areas or are waiting for elective surgery and key workers, to order LFD tests from GOV.UK to take in their own home.

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