Test, Trace, Protect: coronavirus

Guidance and services

• Get tested for coronavirus (COVID-19)
  Who is eligible for testing and how to get a test.
• How COVID-19 lateral flow tests work
  Who should use them and how to interpret your results.
• Test, Trace, Protect: privacy and data protection
  Explains how the personal data collected for coronavirus testing and contact tracing is handled.
• COVID-19 testing for health and social care workers
  Guidance on COVID-19 testing for healthcare workers to ensure the safety of patients and service users.
• Report your lateral flow test result
  How to report the result of your positive or negative lateral flow test to the NHS.
• Get an NHS COVID Pass exemption
  How to get official proof that, for medical reasons, you cannot get vaccinated and cannot take a lateral flow test.
• NHS COVID Pass exemption certificate: privacy notice
  How the COVID-19 exemption certificate service uses your data and what your rights are.
• COVID-19 priority test home instructions
  Instructions for completing a home PCR test kit for people in Wales eligible for COVID treatments.
• COVID-19 hospital patient testing framework
  How health organisations should approach patient testing in hospitals to reduce the spread of coronavirus.
• COVID-19 treatments
  Find out whether you are eligible for COVID-19 treatments.

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• Testing for COVID-19 in care homes: consensus statement
  Report
  Technical Advisory Cell
  Statement from the Technical Advisory Cell about testing for COVID-19 in care homes.
• Technical Advisory Cell: Principles for using RT-PCR test to detect SARS-CoV-2
  Report
  Technical Advisory Cell
  Information about using RT-PCR test to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Applying this information to propose core principles and recommendations to help guide the use of this test in Wales.
• Technical Advisory Group: use of tests to detect antibody to SARS-CoV-2 antigens
  Report
  Technical Advisory Cell
  Statement and recommendations on the use of tests to detect antibody to SARS-CoV-2 antigens.