COVID-19: testing initiative evaluation programme
Reports relating to the coronavirus (COVID-19) testing initiative evaluation programme.
Throughout the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the government’s testing evaluation programme oversaw various testing initiatives. These were managed and evaluated in accordance with the Magenta Book.
These reports are being shared to add to the international body of knowledge developed during the pandemic.
COVID-19 testing: evaluation reportsexplanation
COVID-19 testing: evaluation reports
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COVID-19:
LFDNHSdigitalworkforcereaderrepeat asymptomatic testing evaluation -
COVID-19
outreachself-isolation:programmesearlytoreleasemigrantusingworkers:LFDevaluatingVCSOsroletests -
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PCRstrivingtestingfor quality incontactstheofnationalcasestestinginEnglandservice -
DailyCOVID-19:testingmonitoring temperatures ofcontactsSARS-CoV-2ofPCRCOVID-19samplescases:viaevaluationRoyal Mail -
LateralTestingflowfordeviceCOVID-19(LFD)usingperformancesaliva:datacase studies in vulnerable settings - COVID-19 testing: evaluation of the Automated Workcell
- COVID-19: assessment of swabs available for testing children under 5 years of age
- Lateral flow device (LFD) performance data
- Daily testing of contacts of COVID-19 cases: evaluation
- COVID-19: asymptomatic testing in high contact professions
- COVID-19: LFD digital reader evaluation
- COVID-19 outreach programmes to migrant workers: evaluating VCSOs role
- COVID-19: PCR testing in contacts of cases in England
- COVID-19: overview of daily contact testing (DCT) trial reports
COVID-19 testing: case studies
Last updated 27
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27 April 2023 Added new reports.
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27 February 2023 Added Evaluation of the Automated Workcell, Assessment of swabs available for testing children under 5 and Overview of daily contact testing trial reports.
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13 December 2022 Added Lateral flow device (LFD) performance data.
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3 November 2022 First published.
Update history
2025-04-17 09:30
Added ‘COVID-19 testing: lessons learnt’ section and reports.
2024-03-21 09:30
Restructured the collections and added 4 new pages.
2023-12-21 16:39
Added COVID-19: evaluation of pilot projects to support self-isolation.
2023-10-19 09:30
Added link to LFD tests: how and why they were used during the pandemic.
2023-04-27 09:30
Added new reports.
2023-02-27 09:30
Added Evaluation of the Automated Workcell, Assessment of swabs available for testing children under 5 and Overview of daily contact testing trial reports.
2022-12-13 15:12
Added Lateral flow device (LFD) performance data.
2022-11-03 15:12
First published.