Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 4. Questions to the Minister for Housing and Local Government – in the Senedd at 2:27 pm on 24 June 2020.

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Photo of Delyth Jewell Delyth Jewell Plaid Cymru 2:27, 24 June 2020

Thank you. Diolch. Finally, Minister, local authorities are working with health boards to co-ordinate antibody test programmes for NHS staff and teachers. No care home residents or staff have so far got those antibody tests. Now, I understand, in Gwent, cases of COVID-19 in hospitals have decreased significantly, but in the last week there were new cases in 29 care homes. Now, there may well be a good reason for not providing these tests, but as the care sector has felt so betrayed so often during the pandemic, at great cost, could you explain why local authorities are not currently being asked to provide those antibody tests to care home staff, as those test results might help us understand the levels of exposure that care homes have been facing these past few weeks?