Question reference: S5W-31659
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 8 September 2020
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 September 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will implement the accessible home testing kit trial recommendations suggested by the Department for Health and Social Care, including introducing steps that will make these more accessible for blind and partially-sighted people, such as assisted home testing and pre-registered kits.
Answer
Home testing kits are provided by the UK Government and we continue to work with them to make accessibility improvements. DHSC has been working in partnership with the Royal National Institute of Blind People to better understand the end-to-end experiences of blind and visually impaired users of home testing services and identify potential accessibility improvements. DHSC has used recommendations arising from this research to inform service improvements and these will be trialled shortly.