PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Home Care Services: Coronavirus (30 October 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when asymptomatic testing for covid-19 will be rolled out for domiciliary care workers in England.

Asked by:
Mr Richard Holden (Conservative)

Answer

Home carers working for Care Quality Commission registered organisations are able to access weekly polymerase chain reaction tests to administer at home to help identify more asymptomatic cases and protect care recipients who are more vulnerable to COVID-19.


Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
8 March 2021

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