Changes to Eligible Cohorts for the NHS England LFD test supply service
From 1st April 2024, the NHS England lateral flow device tests supply service for patients potentially eligible for COVID-19 treatments will include these additional patient groups:
- people aged 85 years and over.
- people with end-stage heart failure who have a long-term ventricular assistance device.
- people on the organ transplant waiting list.
- people aged 70 years and over, or who have a BMI of 35 kg/m2 or more, diabetes or heart failure, and:
- are resident in a care home, or
- are already hospitalised
The service continues, as well, for all of the previously eligible cohorts