Covid 19 testing for Hospices

On 29 April 2021 the Department of Health and Social Care published for the first time its Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing for hospices guidance.

It sets out how hospices can access COVID-19 testing for staff and patients on-site, for staff visiting patients in their own homes, and for visitors to hospices.

It explains how hospices will be responsible for ordering test kits for both ‘inpatient’ and ‘community-based’ settings.

The guidance includes the opportunity for hospices to sign up for  live webinars to talk you through the end-to-end process for hospice testing, which includes a live question and answer session with the hospice testing team.

The guidance and sign up webinar process can be accessed here.