AQW 10512/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health how frequently Marie Curie palliative nurses, who are attending to palliative patients, are being tested for COVID-19.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 18 November 2020
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 18 November 2020
- Answer due by
- 3 December 2020
- Answered
- 7 September 2021293 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
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.