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Written question asked by Chris Green (Conservative) on Wednesday, 20 October 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 22 October 2021. It was answered by Maggie Throup (Conservative) on Thursday, 23 December 2021 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Coronavirus: Screening

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish data on the number of covid-19 (a) tests delivered and (b) patients referred to each genomic laboratory hub in the 12 months for which that data is available.

Answer

From 14 November 2020 to 14 November 2021 a total of 306,675,071 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and lateral flow device tests for COVID-19 were conducted. The number of patients whose PCR tests were referred to each individual genomic laboratory hub is not held centrally.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
59813
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Screening Coronavirus Genomics
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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