“Lateral flow tests should be used on a regular basis ... the LFT and this is why we advise everyone with symptoms to do a PCR test, which is far more sensitive and specific to detecting Covid ...

In one unit in the Ulster Hospital over a 12-day period, 76 patients turned up for their procedures without doing a lateral flow test. The trust said this was putting an extra burden on staff.

Parents of all primary and secondary schoolchildren in Hertfordshire are being asked to use lateral flow tests twice a week Parents of all schoolchildren in Hertfordshire are being asked to test ...