You can order free rapid lateral flow tests to test your employees twice a week in the workplace: https://www.gov.uk/get-workplace-coronavirus-tests

If you have 10 or more employees, from early April you’ll be able to order tests for your employees to collect from their workplace and use at home twice a week. You can do this if you cannot provide testing in the workplace.

Following the government's publication of the roadmap out of lockdown, we have prepared some initial guidance and a summary of the steps as it relates to our local sector. 

We will keep the community informed on any further developments, announcements and guidance via these eBulletins and our COVID-19 News & Support Resources webpage, which you can visit at any time.

Following the Prime Minister's announcement in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon, the government has published the ‘COVID-19 Response - Spring 2021’, setting out the roadmap out of the current lockdown for England.

Last week saw the launch of vaccination centres at Chester Racecourse and Alderley Park Conference Centre.

In addition to related interviews on the BBC and Granada, significant positive coverage was secured across media and social media platforms, including:

Carers, whether paid or unpaid, can now be prioritised to access a COVID-19 vaccine.

Carers are described as those in receipt of a carer’s allowance and those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person whose welfare may be at risk if the carer falls ill.

Adult carers who are flagged as such within GP systems will be offered a vaccination at their local GP-led service and are asked to wait to be contacted.

People aged 65 and over and those aged 16-64 with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk have started to receive their COVID-19 vaccination.

GP practices are currently focusing on the vaccination of people aged 16-64 who are clinically vulnerable. As a result, people aged 65 and over may experience a long wait to be vaccinated at their local GP vaccination clinic.