Calls grow to prioritise NHS staff for Covid tests as workers 'struggle' to get supplies
Boris Johnson visits Public Health England’s lateral flow testing laboratory at Porton Down in Wiltshire.The BMA warned it expected higher numbers of staff absence when the most recent data is published later this week.
"The BMA is urging the government to do everything possible to ensure that enough tests are available for key workers as a priority." "It’s not just NHS staff but other key workers too, such as social care workers, police, fire service and so on, who need these tests as well so it is worrying that they’re in such short supply at the moment."
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