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Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 105515, tabled on 19 October 2020

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Labour
Slough
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to ensure the results of covid-19 tests administered in Slough are received within 24 hours.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answer

Helen Whately
Conservative
Faversham and Mid Kent
Commons

Answered on

22 February 2021

NHS Test and Trace has been working to improve and expand the testing across the United Kingdom, including in Slough. The testing offer in Slough currently includes a regional test site and a local test site, as well as several locations that regularly host mobile testing units.

National data shows that between 28 January and 3 February 2021, over 97% of PCR test results from in-person sites were returned the day after the test was taken. National turnaround time data is available at the following link:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/962477/Test_and_Trace_Week37.pdf.

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