Care homes need test results 'in minutes not days'

By Ann McGauran | 30 September 2020

Care homes need test results ‘back in minutes not days’ if they are to be kept free from coronavirus, says chief executive of Care England, Professor Martin Green.

Prof Green told a national newspaper that the problem with testing in care homes was 'getting worse, not better’ because ‘test results are not coming back quickly enough’.

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