Home care staff ‘waiting more than a week’ for coronavirus test results

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Examples provided by a national home care provider, which have been flagged to the Government illustrate some of the problems staff are experiencing in getting PCR test results. I've made the point many times to the department - that they shouldn't announce policies without it being possible to actually implement them in practice, because it creates another whole load of issues Dr Jane Townson, Homecare Association Testing is “a big issue in the short term”, and is “really key” to keeping everything going safely, she added. “So I’ve raised that multiple times with the Department of Health and Social Care – they say that health and social care workers are supposed to be prioritised in the PCR test turnaround, but there are stories of tests not coming back for five days, 10 days, seven days. “So I’ve made the point many times to the department – that they shouldn’t announce policies without it being possible to actually implement them in practice, because it creates another whole load of issues.” The DHSC was approached for comment.