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date	22/02/2021
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they first started testing all care home staff for COVID-19 in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL13544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department began piloting testing of care homes on 1 May 2020 and launched the care home portal to allow care home managers to order tests for all staff and residents on 11 May. The whole care home portal was expanded to all adult care homes, including care homes for adults with learning disabilities or mental health issues, for all care home residents and care home staff, regardless of symptoms, on 7 June.</p><p>Regular retesting for residents and staff of care homes for over 65 year olds and dementia commenced from 6 July. This included weekly testing for staff and every 28 days for residents. All remaining adult care homes were able to apply for retesting from 31 August.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL13545 question first answered 07/04/2021 10:41:40 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1288528

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they first started testing all care home residents for COVID-19 in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL13545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department began piloting testing of care homes on 1 May 2020 and launched the care home portal to allow care home managers to order tests for all staff and residents on 11 May. The whole care home portal was expanded to all adult care homes, including care homes for adults with learning disabilities or mental health issues, for all care home residents and care home staff, regardless of symptoms, on 7 June.</p><p>Regular retesting for residents and staff of care homes for over 65 year olds and dementia commenced from 6 July. This included weekly testing for staff and every 28 days for residents. All remaining adult care homes were able to apply for retesting from 31 August.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL13544 question first answered 07/04/2021 10:41:40 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1238025

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what data they have collected from their regular retesting of care home staff and residents, as announced as part of their social care testing strategy on 3 July.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL8490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>There is a variety of information that is collected about the individuals getting tested in line with the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010, as well as data to support the operational processes involved in testing - for example the address of the care home, how many test kits are needed and so on.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 30/11/2020 12:08:46 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1238027

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) guidelines they have published, and (2) advice they have provided, about priority COVID-19 testing for care home staff.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL8492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>Essential workers continue to be able to access testing as a priority through the online portal and have been able to since April 2020.</p><p>The <em>Coronavirus (COVID-19): getting tested</em> guidance, which is available in an online-only format, shows the list of key workers which includes social care staff and specifically says they are being prioritised for testing.</p><p>Essential workers and members of their households who display symptoms of COVID-19 should book tests by visiting the COVID-19 online test booking portal on GOV.UK. This is set out in the <em>Coronavirus (COVID-19): getting tested</em> guidance.</p><p>From 6 July, we rolled out weekly retesting of care home staff in care homes. The announcement was published on 3 July. We are continuing to prioritise care home testing, where we are issuing more than 120,000 tests a day to care homes across the country.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 20/10/2020 11:27:43 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1238028

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many care home residents tested positive for COVID-19 in each week from 1 April to 1 September.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL8493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. Data on the total number of positive cases is published in an online only format.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 24/02/2021 16:07:48 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1238029

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many care home residents in England died from COVID-19 related symptoms in each week from 1 April to 1 September.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL8494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of deaths of care home residents occurring in care homes in England, by date of death registration in each week between 1 April to 1 September 2020.</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p>Week ending</p></td><td><p>Total number of deaths</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>3 April 2020</p></td><td><p>187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 April 2020</p></td><td><p>768</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 April 2020</p></td><td><p>1,929</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24 April 2020</p></td><td><p>2,669</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 May 2020</p></td><td><p>2,329</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,046</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>29 May 2020</p></td><td><p>670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 June 2020</p></td><td><p>536</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 June 2020</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 June 2020</p></td><td><p>242</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26 June 2020</p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 July 2020</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 July 2020</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 July 2020</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24 July 2020</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 July 2020</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 August 2020</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14 August 2020</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 August 2020</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28 August 2020</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 September 2020</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Office of National Statistics, Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>This data covers deaths of care home residents occurring in care homes in England only and will not cover those who died in other locations such as hospital.</li><li>The dates refer to the date of death registration. There can be a delay between date that a death occurred and the date it was registered.</li></ol> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 02/02/2021 14:10:34 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough