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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Damon Wilkinson

Warehouse Project to give thousands of spare lateral flow tests to frontline staff across Greater Manchester

The Warehouse Project is to give thousands of spare lateral flow tests to frontline staff across Greater Manchester.

Boss Sacha Lord said 'several thousand' testing kits were leftover after the Mayfield Depot nightclub's New Year's Day closing party.

He tweeted: "We have several thousand excess lateral flow tests on site.

"Now that the @WHP_Mcr season is over, we are in direct contact with the @NHSuk.

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"They are being collected and distributed to the frontline staff across Greater Manchester.

"Thank you NHS for everything you do."

There's a huge shortage of Covid swabs across Britain and doctors have warned it could have a 'devastating' impact on patient care in hospitals.

Thousands of people are struggling to access lateral flow tests and the supply issues are expected to continue for another fortnight.

The British Medical Association's chairman, Dr Chaand Nagpaul, warned the current system for ensuring doctors and medics receive the vital kits was 'not working'.

He added: "Being unable to get the tests means staff may not be legally allowed to work and at a time of acute workforce shortages and winter pressures this could be devastating for the care that can be given right across the NHS."

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