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date	13/05/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Care Homes: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisations are responsible for the carrying out of covid-19 tests in care homes of residents and staff; and what changes have been made to the testing processes of those organisations in the last month.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	46543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) and the Department are working closely together to respond to outbreaks of COVID-19 in care homes.</p><p>PHE's health protection teams (HPTs) play a vital role locally in responding to any outbreak in care homes, providing tailored infection control advice to allow staff to protect themselves and their residents. From the outset, HPTs have been arranging testing for residents when an outbreak is reported at a particular care home.</p><p>The Department is offering a test to every staff member and resident in every care home in England, whether symptomatic or not. By 6 June, every care home for the over 65s will have been offered testing for residents and staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/06/2020 17:06:40 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 22371 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1195691

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Care Homes: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his announcement on 28 April 2020 that residents and staff of care homes would be tested for covid-19, how many tests on those (a) residents and (b) staff have been undertaken; and what proportion of those (a) residents and (b) staff have been tested since that date.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	46544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>We are rapidly increasing our capability to deliver and successfully process test results all around the country. As at 7 June 2020, we have successfully delivered over one million individual test kits to our care homes. We will continue to upscale and meet the needs of all those in care settings.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/06/2020 09:58:22 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 22372 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts