OFFICIAL Pillar 2 Testing Capacity - Daily Report For regional teams and stakeholders – 8 September Contents Background Latest Developments Channel capacity - overall totals Home Channel Availability Channel Statistics Channel capacity – Regional Test Sites Channel capacity – Local Test Sites Channel capacity – Mobile Test Units Background The National Testing Programme is experiencing continued exceptionally high demand due to a number of factors such as the return of schools and the demand for testing from international travellers, and this is expected to remain high for the next two 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. This report includes the latest developments and channel data. • 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. • In every area where there is an outbreak, all mobile testing units have been kept open for bookings throughout the operating day and remain open to process all booked appointments. • If any sites including Mobile Testing Units are showing as fully booked in this report, bookings will temporarily close, but the units and sites will remain fully operational throughout the day to service the bookings. Slots for bookings will reopen throughout the day. • Booking slots are made available the evening before for morning appointments, and on the morning for afternoon appointments. There are times therefore during the day where test booking may not be available. We are continually seeking to release more booking slots, so people who are symptomatic, or have other confirmed reasons for needing a test s should come back later to the website or 119 service and re-attempt their booking. • Bookings will not be available at RTS and MTU sites where the channel capacity has been reached for that day (whilst outbreak areas are still held open for MTUs). People attending these sites without an appointment will be turned away, and asked to make an appointment • For home testing, in circumstances when there’s high demand we pause the booking portal for short periods to help smooth out demand. • 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. Latest Developments – w/c 7 September • Our channel capacity total today (8 Sept) is at 97% (including regional and local test sites, and mobile test units). OFFICIAL • Labs are forecast to run with an end-of-day surplus until Monday next week. • To secure testing capacity for outbreak areas, test appointment capacity and bookings are being closely monitored against available lab capacity • RTS and LTS Capacity is planned on a daily basis, and is adjusted to maintain capacity at sites with highest prevalence / outbreak areas • Low prevalence and non-outbreak sites are closed to new bookings in England when MTU booking numbers reach a national threshold • MTUs in high prevalence / outbreak areas, and at protected sites in the Devolved Administrations, are kept open for bookings throughout the day • An issue with the booking portal resulting in some users being directed to tests sites a long distance from them has been resolved. Users will only be able to access sites up to 75 miles from their location. We continue to look at ways we can improve the testing programme. • 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; 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 further weeks and have done everything we can to ensure maximum usage of available capacity. The labs have been processing record volumes 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 Joint Biosecurity Centre (JBC) analysis. • 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, 8 September 2020) Channel Percentage of capacity Number of sites at 100% capacity Total Regional Test Sites 95% 69 Total Local Test Sites 99% 73 Total Mobile Test Units 96% 141 Overall totals 97% 283 Appointment slots were being opened again from 08.30am Home channel Availability (for 7 September / Forecast 8 September) Note: The opening times of the channel are being actively managed to work within wider programme constraints being imposed as a result of overall increased demand. Date Opening times 7 September Keyworker: 08.00 – 09.00, 12.00 – 14.20 Public: 08.00 – 08.35, 12.00 – 13.35 8 September (forecast*) Keyworker: 08.00 – 09.00, 12.00 – 14.00* Public: 08.00 – 08.45, 12.00 – 13.30* * Opening times for the home channel are a forecast based in trending hourly demand OFFICIAL Channel statistics (morning report 0800hrs, 7 September 2020) Channel Approved Bookings Actuals Usable Stock Allocations RTS 32,000 28,248 34,053 8 days LTS 14,000 12,182 18,731 8 days Mobile 22,000 24,957 29,794 14 days Satellites 131,800 102,050 102,050 7 days At Home 46,000 52,032 45,038 8 days Total 245,800 219,469 229,666 Note – the increase in Home despatches is driven by School test kit distribution Channel capacity – broken down by site/unit Regional Test Sites (RTS) – data from 0800hrs report 8 Sept (for bookings of the afternoon, 8 Sept) Site Ref ACF Concat Percentage of capacity SE007 GUD Guildford (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SW002 BRE Bristol Airport (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% ML012 STK Stoke City FC (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SE016 CWC Curtis Way Coach Park (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SE015 TAP Tangmere Airfield (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% LN001 CHE Chessington (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% LN005 LVE Lee Valley Athletics Park (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% LN003 GRE Greenwich (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% LN006 TWE Twickenham (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% NE009 TEE Teesside (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% WA008 UVA Newport Rodney Parade (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SE009 AFE Ashford (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% NW006 LIV Liverpool Airport (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SW009 GLO Gloucester (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% NI001 BLE Belfast SSE Arena (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% NE003 DNE Doncaster Airport (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SE014 OXP Oxford Parkway (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% EE004 PBO East Of England Showground (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% ML005 COV RICOH Arena (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% NW009 PWD Preston Walton le Dale (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% EE002 IWE Ipswich Copdock (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% EE001 SAE Stansted Airport (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SE013 RMA Ramsgate Manston Airport (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% ML009 LEI Leicester (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% NW002 HYE Haydock (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% OFFICIAL Site Ref ACF Concat Percentage of capacity ML010 NOT Nottingham Motorpoint (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% NE007 NWE Newcastle Great Park & Ride (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% NE005 YOR York (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% EE006 CAM Cambridge (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% NE004 HUL Hull Humber Bridge (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SE002 TIP Portsmouth Tipnor Lorry Park (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% EE005 WEL Welwyn Garden City (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SW003 EXE Exeter Honiton Park and Ride (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% NI009 DLC Derry Lycra Car Park (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% NI003 POR Portadown Craigavon DVA Centre (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SW005 CPR Creekmore Park & Ride (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% ML013 TEL Telford Ironbridge Park & Ride (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% EE007 NRW Norwich (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SW006 SWI Swindon (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% ML003 WRE Worcester Warriors (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% NW001 MCM Manchester Airport (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% LN007 HEA Heathrow (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% NE008 SHF Sheffield (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SE011 NEW Newbury Showground (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% ML016 BMA Birmingham Airport (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% EE003 MKE Milton Keynes (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% NW007 BLA Blackburn (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% NW005 MES Manchester Etihad Stadium (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% NE002 LEE Leeds Temple Green (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% ML006 LNC Lincolnshire Country Showground (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SE010 SLO Slough Montem Leisure (drive in only) Covid-19-Test 100% SW007 SAL Salisbury (drive in only) Covid-19-Test