Agency Nurses: Coronavirus

(asked on 12th May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether agency nurses working in hospitals, nursing homes and care homes are being tested for COVID-19.


Answered by
Lord Bethell Portrait
Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 27th May 2020

All National Health Service and social care staff, including nurses, can apply for a test if they are experiencing symptoms using digital portal. The employer referral portal allows employers to refer essential workers who are self-isolating either because they or member(s) of their household have COVID-19 symptoms, for testing.

Asymptomatic care home staff are now eligible for testing through the ‘whole home’ testing portal.

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