Workplace COVID‐19 Testing

Build UK has published a simple guide to the Government’s workplace testing programme, which enables sites with 50 or more workers to undertake asymptomatic Lateral Flow Device (LFD) testing. The guide explains the testing process and sets out the steps required to set up a testing site. Tests are being provided free of charge until at least 31 March 2021, and companies should read the guide before signing up via the Government’s online portal.

Businesses with fewer than 50 workers are currently not eligible for workplace testing; however, they can access the Community Testing Programme in their local area by using the new postcode checker or visiting their local authority website and searching ‘LFD testing’.