More than a quarter of nursing home staff not taking regular Covid tests

Since June, staff have been offered free Covid-19 tests, with swabbing done in the nursing homes for convenience.

More than a quarter of nursing home staff have not taken up the offer of regular Covid-19 testing despite the high level of infections in nursing homes.

Since June, staff have been offered free Covid-19 tests, with swabbing done in the nursing homes for convenience, and then sent off in batches for laboratory testing.