Covid-19 home testing kits used as part of the NHS testing system have been recalled following a warning from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.

11 August 2020

A campaign to encourage more people with symptoms of Covid-19 to get a test has been launched as NHS Test and Trace publishes plans to increase capacity to 500,000 tests a day in the lead up to winter.

31 July 2020

Covid-19 tests used as part of the NHS testing system have been temporarily stopped because some of the kits may not have met safety standards.

16 July 2020

Exclusive GPs’ patients who do not have an email address or mobile phone are finding they are unable to receive Covid-19 test results.

14 July 2020

Advice from a Consultant in Infectious Diseases PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NO LONGER RELEVANT AND IS NOT BEING UPDATED BUT HAS BEEN LEFT ON THE SITE FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES ONLY This information is sourced from Dr Sarah Logan, Consultant in Infectious Diseases and General Medicine Q.

14 July 2020

GPs could be taking regular Covid-19 tests every week or second week by autumn, NHS England’s chief executive has indicated.

06 July 2020

GP practice staff delivering Covid-19 antibody tests to other NHS workers will be covered by the coronavirus indemnity scheme, NHS England has said.

23 June 2020

GP practice staff and their households are being targeted in a trial of a new weekly no-swab saliva test for Covid-19.

22 June 2020

The Labour Party is urging the Government to introduce weekly Covid-19 testing for all NHS staff to reduce the spread of infection in healthcare settings.

17 June 2020

Exclusive GPs are not obliged to offer patients Covid-19 antibody testing, the BMA GP Committee has told Pulse.

10 June 2020