Source · Select Committees · Petitions Committee
Recommendation 19
19
Not Addressed
We welcome the Government’s introduction of testing for members of the public.
Recommendation
We welcome the Government’s introduction of testing for members of the public. However, priority testing should be made available for parents of babies in neonatal care. No parent should be separated unnecessarily from their newborn for any longer that they need to. The Government should prioritise rapid testing for parents of babies in neonatal care. (Paragraph 93) Childcare and returning to work
Government response summary AI-generated
The government states that asymptomatic testing is conducted where clinically appropriate and that decisions on COVID-19 testing are made by individual NHS Trusts based on their own risk assessments, without committing to prioritising rapid testing for parents of babies in neonatal care.
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 9 September 2020. No passage in that response could be matched to this recommendation. Read the response document ↗