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Shortages had been compounded by absences caused by the 0micron variant and delays in getting the results of pcr tests. the government said it had provided more than £460 million to help recruit and retain care staff. here's our social affairs editor, alison holt. i'm here to do a pcr test on a lady that has tested positive on a lft. katie is a care coordinator for a home—care company in norfolk. like many providers supporting older and disabled people, they went into this latest wave of covid with staff shortages. it's katie, i'vejust come to do your pcr. difficulty getting enough tests, a...

But you need to also look at the data of staff absence so we bring the infection rate down in the community and we will have fewer staff off sick. the second is protect health care staff with proper ppe so we don't get infected at work because we have to mix with patients because that is ourjob. the third thing is making sure that we have access to testing because that's also adding to staff absence because we've got health care staff over the last week who haven't had access to lateral flow tests so haven't been able to come back to work with negative tests on day six and seven and haven't ha...

Questions. sir keir starmer is isolating, having tested positive for coronavirus for a second time. jonathan blake, bbc news. i'm joined now by our health editor hugh pym. this change in the rules that health chiefs are talking about about not needing pcr tests if you are asymptomatic, what is the thinking behind that? the asymptomatic, what is the thinking behind that?— behind that? the current rules are that if ou behind that? the current rules are that if you are _ behind that? the current rules are that if you are asymptomatic - behind that? the current rules are that if you are asymptom...

The pcr testing and they do need to be addressed because otherwise we lose control of the numbers of infections per day, but i do think that the data supports the move to lateral flow, for community testing. i think what we need to do now is used pcr tests and that's probably for the most clinically vulnerable, clinical cases in hospitals and may be the idea of using them for key workers rather than lateral flow tests. i workers rather than lateral flow tests. . , workers rather than lateral flow tests. ., , ., ., ., ., tests. i was going to ask in what instances would _ tests. i was going to ...