Covid: NHS staff testing 'dismantled' in virus hotspots

Covid: NHS staff testing 'dismantled' in virus hotspots A number of NHS trusts stood down in-house coronavirus testing for staff in the summer, ahead of a surge in virus cases, a health leaders' body says.

This followed assurances from government about the capacity of the centralised system, says NHS Providers.

But it left some staff, including in virus hotspots, unable to access testing when the national system came under strain earlier in the autumn. BBC News

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