England’s PCR Covid testing network drops one of three labs as demand falls

Rosalind Franklin laboratory in Leamington Spa no longer to be part of laboratory network processing Covid tests

England’s PCR testing network for Covid is to be scaled back due to a fall in demand, public health officials have said.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said that the Rosalind Franklin laboratory in Leamington Spa – which at its peak was processing about 75,000 Covid PCR tests a day – will cease to operate as part of the processing network.