NEW - Another major care provider says it has had no access to regular #covid19 testing in its homes because of an issue with a supplier used by the govt. This follows revelations by Sky News yesterday that the firm Care UK was facing a five week wait for routine tests.
MORE - Now, the country’s largest charitable care provider MHA says it has been without routine testing for staff & residents for over two weeks because of safety issues with Randox tests. MHA has 222 care homes and schemes supporting 18,500 residents & members.
MORE - Chief Executive Sam Monaghan said: “we are now heading into our third week of no testing for the majority of our care homes following the Randox debacle and we understand it will be weeks before it is rectified".
MORE: The MHA boss continues: "to say that we are disappointed and frustrated by this latest failure in the care home testing regime is an understatement".
Here is our story on Care UK yesterday...
