OFFICIAL Pillar 2 Testing - Daily Report for regional teams 27 August The National Testing Programme is experiencing exceptionally high demand due to a number of factors such as the return of schools, and this is expected to remain high for the next few weeks. In order to raise awareness of our performance in regional and local test sites, mobile test units and labs throughout this period, a daily report will be shared with regional teams. The report will include the latest communications, developments and channel data. Contents Communication update Latest Developments Channel capacity - overall totals Channel capacity – broken down by site/unit Communication update Handling: Media lines below and stakeholder Q&A attached, which are continually being updated. We are updating our communications on the booking system to support the service through this period, for example, encouraging people to come back later when more tests will be available, and to put a cap on the mileage for the nearest available test site, when the closest site is fully booked. We are also targeting national communications to help stem demand. Line to take: A DHSC spokesperson said: “This country now has the capacity to test for coronavirus on an unprecedented scale. “To respond to increased demand, we are making more tests available each day and are allocating testing capacity based on areas of greatest need and prevalence of the virus. “We are scaling up our testing capacity even further to 500,000 tests a day by the end of October, expanding our network of testing sites and laboratories as well as investing in new testing technologies.” Background • Demand for testing is increasing and as such test sites in areas with higher prevalence will be prioritised and continue to provide higher volumes of testing; areas with lower prevalence will have reductions of testing capacity. • Booking slots are made available the evening before for morning appointments, and on the morning for afternoon appointments. We are continually seeking to release more booking slots, so constituents should come back later to the website or 119 service and re-attempt their booking. • For home testing, in rare circumstances when there’s high demand we pause the booking portal for short periods to help smooth out demand. OFFICIAL • Allocated testing capacity in drive through test sites in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales will continue to meet or exceed their average daily test numbers. Appointments at some sites in Scotland have filled today but will be available to book tomorrow. • The latest lighthouse lab to join the network is in Newport and will shortly begin to scale test processing capacity. Further labs will be announced in due course. • Work is ongoing to increase the number of testing sites available to 500 and we recently announced the following pilots for new tests to further boost capacity: o A new, rapid test for Coronavirus which can return results in just 20 minutes: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/trial-of-rapid-coronavirus-test-launched-in- hampshire o A new Coronavirus saliva test: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-saliva-test- for-coronavirus-piloted-in-southampton o 5,000 DNA ‘Nudgebox’ machines, supplied by DnaNudge, to be rolled out across NHS Hospitals in the UK to analyse DNA in nose swabs, providing a positive or negative result for COVID-19 in 90 minutes, at the point of care, and o New rapid LamPORE tests, processing swab and saliva samples to detect the presence of COVID-19 in 60 – 90 minutes: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/roll-out-of-2- new-rapid-coronavirus-tests-ahead-of-winter • We are continuing to assess the feasibility of these pilots. • To support increased testing, we announced the expansion of the ONS infection survey to provide extensive, weekly data on the spread of infection, supporting rapid testing and diagnosis of COVID-19 both nationally and in areas of concern. Led by the Office for National Statistics and The University of Oxford in partnership with the Departments of Health across the UK, the survey uses routine swabbing and antibody testing to provide insight into the rate of infection and antibody levels in the community. Latest Developments • There is no reduction in testing capacity. Capacity continues to grow and will soon grow much more as more lab capacity comes online. • However, there has been a concurrent increase in demand for symptomatic testing across the UK (for example, demand in Scotland has doubled in 2 weeks from 20k/week to 40k/week) while we are also increasing asymptomatic testing across social care in line with previous ministerial commitments. • We have expected pressure on the system for 2-3 weeks and have done everything we can to ensure maximum usage of available capacity. The labs have been processing record volumes over the past week and we are working hard to bring on additional capacity. • For regional stakeholders, it is vital that we make good use of available resource and prioritise. It is worth stressing that we have protected the availability of testing in areas of highest risk, driven by JBC analysis. • Further slots were opened this morning to allow new bookings, and the utilisation rates are being monitored throughout the day to ensure that we are optimising service in outbreak areas. Some parts of the UK will close prior to these locations, though we anticipate all sites being closed for bookings this afternoon, before appointments are opened for tomorrow. Overall capacity by channel (morning report 0800hrs, 27 August 2020) Channel Percentage of capacity Number of sites at 100% capacity Total Regional Test Sites 89% 53 OFFICIAL Total Local Test Sites 53% 11 Total Mobile Test Units 90% 114 Overall totals 82% 178 Home channel Availability (for 26th of August / Forecast 27th) Date Opening times 26th August Keyworker: 08.00 – 10.00, 12.00 – 19.30 Public: 08.00 – 10.00, 12.00 – 19.15 27th August (forecast*) Keyworker: 08.00 – 10.00, 12.00 – 19.00 Public: 08.00 – 10.00, 12.00 – 18.30 * Opening times for the home channel are a forecast based in trending hourly demand Channel statistics (morning report 0800hrs, 27 August 2020) • Regional Test Sites (RTS) stats for each site – for bookings of the afternoon 27 August. • Local Test Sites (LTS) stats for each site - for bookings of the afternoon 27 August. • Mobile Test Unit (MTU) stats for each unit - for bookings of the afternoon 27 August. Channel Approved Bookings Actuals Usable Stock Allocations RTS & LTS 35,000 35,724 37,101 7 days Mobile 20,000 21,840 22,364 7 days Satellites 165,000 84,450 84,050 5.5 days At Home 38,000 19,584 43,496 4.5 days Total 258,000 161,998 186,911 Channel capacity – broken down by site/unit Regional Test Sites (RTS) – data from 0800hrs report, 27 August Site Ref ACF Concat Percentage SC001 GLM Glasgow Airport (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SC003 EDE Edinburgh Airport (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SC006 PRS Prestwick (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SW005 CPR Creekmore Park & Ride (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SE001 GWE Gatwick Airport (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SW001 PYE Plymouth (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SE002 TIP Portsmouth Tipnor Lorry Park (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SW007 SAL Salisbury (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% NE009 TEE Teesside (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SE011 NEW Newbury Showground (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SW002 BRE Bristol Airport (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% WA008 UVA Newport Rodney Parade (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SE007 GUD Guildford (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SW009 GLO Gloucester (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% OFFICIAL Site Ref ACF Concat Percentage SE005 EBB Ebbsfleet International Car Park (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SE014 OXP Oxford Parkway (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% EE002 IWE Ipswich Copdock (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SE009 AFE Ashford (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% LN007 HEA Heathrow (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% NE003 DNE Doncaster Airport (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% EE001 SAE Stansted Airport (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SW003 EXE Exeter Honiton Park and Ride (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% ML013 TEL Telford Ironbridge Park & Ride (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SE013 RMA Ramsgate Manston Airport (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SE010 SLO Slough Montem Leisure (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SC007 DDC Dundee Dudhope Castle (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SW008 TAU Taunton (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% EE007 NRW Norwich (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% LN005 LVE Lee Valley Athletics Park (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% EE006 CAM Cambridge (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% ML003 WRE Worcester Warriors (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% WA006 EBV Ebbw Vale (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% LN006 TWE Twickenham (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% EE005 WEL Welwyn Garden City (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% LN001 CHE Chessington (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% NE005 YOR York (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% LN003 GRE Greenwich (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% ML012 STK Stoke City FC (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% EE004 PBO East Of England Showground (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% NE002 LEE Leeds Temple Green (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% ML011 STA Stafford (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% NE007 NWE Newcastle Great Park & Ride (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% ML006 LNC Lincolnshire Country Showground (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% EE003 MKE Milton Keynes (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SW006 SWI