The Civic Suite is set to used as a testing centre Lewisham is set to open its usual base for council meetings as a testing centre, the overview and scrutiny business panel was told on Tuesday (December 15). The Civic Suite in Catford will be used as a new testing centre for Covid-19 using the rapid lateral flow devices. It’s hoped it will be ready before Christmas. Lewisham’s head of public services, Ralph Wilkinson, explained the plans as he updated the committee on the council’s response to Covid-19. “We’re doing our best to get that live before Christmas but it’s a massive task to kit it out, you’ve got to recruit and train staff, and we’ve got to make sure it operates properly,” he said.