AQW 10512/17-22

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 18/11/2020
Answered On Date: 07/09/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health how frequently Marie Curie palliative nurses, who are attending to palliative patients, are being tested for COVID-19.

Answer:

Hospice staff providing care in a hospice setting, and hospice staff who are community based providing palliative care in a person’s home, participate in weekly PCR-based asymptomatic testing. This programme of asymptomatic testing is voluntary but is strongly encouraged.