Question reference: S5W-28169
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 31 March 2020
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 July 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many COVID-19 testing kits the NHS has had in stock on each day since 1 February 2020.
Answer
Sample collection kits at the start of the outbreak were stocked at a Health Board Level and National Services Scotland do not have a daily total of these going back to 1 February 2020. Since 1 February 2020, there have been no reported shortages with Health Boards not having supply of sample collection kits. National Services Scotland have ordered over 2.5 million swabs to support testing for Covid-19 and have currently established a buffer stock of over 450,000 kits.
Please find summarised the number of kits received and issued since 17 April 2020 to 19 June 2020. We do not have daily figures for before the 17 April 2020.
Total number of tests in the National Distribution Centre as of 19 June 2020 - 551,000
Number of sample kits pushed out by National Distribution Centre as of 19 June 2020- 628,250
Total Number of tests as of 16 June 2020 – 180,000
NHS Scotland VTM swab kit stock position of both the National Distribution Centre and Health Boards (the number for Health Boards is calculated via the National Distribution Centre pushed quantity minus total tests performed) as of 18 June 2020 - 999,250