Guidance

Adult Social Care Rapid Testing Fund

Sets out the measures that the Rapid Testing Fund will support, including information on the distribution of funds and reporting requirements.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 15 January 2021
• Last updated: 1 July 2022 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Adult Social Care Rapid Testing Fund: guidance

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Local authority circular: Adult Social Care Rapid Testing Fund

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Annex A: grant determination

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Annex B: grant allocations

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Annex C: grant conditions

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Local authority spending of the Rapid Testing Fund

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Details

This guidance applies to the Rapid Testing Fund, which was first paid to local authorities in January 2021 and could be used for expenditure between 2 December 2020 and 31 March 2021. While this fund is no longer live, this guidance is preserved here for reference.

The Rapid Testing Fund will support increased lateral flow device (LFD) testing of staff in care homes.

These documents set out:

• measures that this funding can be spent on
• requirements for local authorities and care providers
• the allocation of funding to each local authority

This new funding has separate conditions to the original Infection Control Fund and the extension to the Infection Control Fund.

Published 15 January 2021
Last updated 1 July 2022 + show all updates

1. 1 July 2022

   Added spreadsheet, 'Local authority spending of the Rapid Testing Fund'.

2. 15 June 2021

   Added note outlining that the fund is now closed and that the guidance is being left as reference.

3. 15 January 2021

   First published.