Pillar 1 Coronavirus swab tests at Portsmouth Hospitals

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Dear Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust,
I would like to request the following information under FoI legislation please. I have tried to find out whether this information is already published but was unable to find it:
1. I would like to know at which locations you operate Pillar 1 Covid-19 swab testing, eg at QA wards, drive through at Tipner? Do you operate at each of these sites with or without private sector companies, and if so, which ones?
2. I would like to know the number of Covid-19 swab tests done each day from 1st June 2020
3. Of the total number of tests done under item 2., how many tests were processed and how many were voided/discarded/unusable? Please provide this information by day from 1st June 2020.
4. Of the total number of tests processed under item 3., how many were positive/ equivocal/ negative? Please provide this information by day from 1st June 2020.
Thank you very much. I look forward to your reply.

Yours faithfully,

Dr V Wagner

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Dear Dr V Wagner,

 

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for your request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

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the Team.

 

Yours sincerely,  

 

Freedom of Information Team 

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Queen Alexandra Hospital

De La Court House

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Cosham, Portsmouth

Hampshire PO3 6LY

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