How lateral flow testing will be used to help families visit loved ones in Wigan care homes
For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter hereLateral flow testing trialled in Liverpool last month will be used to facilitate face-to-face visits at care homes in Wigan as part of a pilot from January.The rapid coronavirus tests are already being used to test NHS staff and other frontline workers without Covid symptoms on a regular basis in the borough.But due to concerns about the accuracy of lateral flow technology, families visiting loved ones at care homes will still have to take a standard swab test.Wigan council's director of adult social care and health Stuart Cowley told a scrutiny committee on Thursday how lateral flow tests will be used for visits.He said: "They should be seen as part of a set