Rapid COVID-19 testing programme evaluation (City of London employers)

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The City of London and Hackney Council are evaluating their asymptomatic (rapid) COVID-19 testing programme. We would like to determine if the approach taken made a difference in helping businesses and their staff access tests and keeping the community safe from COVID-19 infection.

Do you consent to taking part in this survey? *

No names or identifying information will be shared beyond the Public Health team and your responses to this survey will remain confidential. We will not keep your information for longer than is required to by law (maximum of 6 years). We may use some of the free text as quotations in our evaluation report; these quotes will not be identifiable.

Yes

Primary nature of work undertaken by workforce *

Routine, manual, or service, e.g. cleaning, security, construction

Hospitality, e.g. restaurant, bar, cafe, etc.

Leisure, e.g. gym, fitness studio

Close-contact, e.g. barber, hairdresser, beauty therapist

Retail

Desk-based, e.g. office-based functions

Other:

Number of workers attending your workplace (including contracted staff, as well as employees) *

Which channels did your business use to access rapid COVID-19 (lateral flow) tests for your workforce? *

Please select all that apply (this relates only to the business accessing tests on behalf of its staff, not staff obtaining tests themselves)

Collection from Aldermanbury rapid testing centre (or other local testing centre)

Visited by the City of London rapid testing business engagement outreach team (who distributed tests to SMEs)

DHSC (Dept. of Health & Social Care) on-site distribution/ supervised testing offer

Collection from alternative community collect point, such as a local pharmacy, library, etc.

Private provision of tests

Other:

Required

How easy did you find testing with lateral flow/ rapid tests (from accessing the test to receiving the results)? *

Very Difficult

Very Easy

When using lateral flow/ rapid tests, did you feel like you... *

Yes

I don't know

Had any difficulties accessing tests or collecting test kits?

Could not trust the testing process (i.e. worried that your information would be shared with the government)?

Understood what to do should you test positive?

Had challenges registering your test kits (positive or negative)?

How easy do you think it was for your workforce to access lateral flow/ rapid tests during the Omicron wave? *

The Omicron wave started in December 2021

Very Difficult

Very Easy

Aside from the other selections you made earlier in this survey, did you do anything else to encourage/ support your workforce to access lateral flow/ rapid tests? *

Please select all that apply

Promoted the online NHS portal to order home testing kits

Signposted workers to visit an assisted test site

Signposted workers to use a community collect site, such as a pharmacy

Signposted workers to call 119 to order tests

Other:

Required

Did your business receive a visit from the City of London's rapid testing business outreach team, who were distributing rapid tests to small and medium-sized (non-office-based) businesses? *

Yes

Not sure

When working with the rapid testing business outreach team... *

Yes

This was not necessary for the setting

I don't know

Not applicable - my organisation did not receive a visit

Were any instructions provided on how to use tests?

Were any instructions provided on how to register tests?

Were any instructions provided on what to do should someone receive a positive test result?

Were any policy updates provided, such as the latest government guidence and advice on infection prevention control measures (such as ventilation)?

Were any updates in terms of where workers could access tests outside of accessing them in your setting provided? (e.g. collecting them from a local pharmacy or test centre)?

Yes

This was not necessary for the setting

I don't know

Not applicable - my organisation did not receive a visit

Were any instructions provided on how to use tests?

Were any instructions provided on how to register tests?

Were any instructions provided on what to do should someone receive a positive test result?

Were any policy updates provided, such as the latest government guidence and advice on infection prevention control measures (such as ventilation)?

Were any updates in terms of where workers could access tests outside of accessing them in your setting provided? (e.g. collecting them from a local pharmacy or test centre)?

If your business was visited by the rapid testing business outreach team, how supported did you feel overall in ensuring you were able to access tests?

Not supported at all

Very supported

Clear selection

Please rank this statement: "most people understood why they needed to test (at least) twice a week with lateral flow/ rapid tests" *

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

Do you feel that your workforce knew where to find information about rapid testing, or COVID-19 in general? *

Yes

What do you think what the most popular place people used to access the latest information, guidance, and updates on COVID-19? *

Government website (GOV.UK)

The City of London Corporation website

The website of the Council where they live

Social media

News outlets, such as BBC, Sky News, etc.

The City of London rapid testing business outreach team

Word of mouth (through friends and family)

Whatsapp/ other communication channels

Community representatives/ faith leaders

Other:

Did your organisation display posters/ signage in the workplace encouraging your workforce to test regularly for COVID-19? *

Yes

Unsure

If "yes" do you think this was an effective way to remind people to test regularly?

Yes

Unsure

Clear selection

Do you feel there were other, more effective, ways to remind people to test regularly? If so, please detail below *

If there are any, what are your organisation's biggest concerns now that free universal asymptomatic testing is coming to an end? *

Please select all that apply

That most people in the workplace will no longer be able to test, and therefore won't know if they may be passing COVID-19 to others without realising

That my organisation will not be able to afford the cost of tests for the workforce

Unsure about quality control of rapid tests available on the market, and whether they meet quality criteria

That a new variant may be able to spread without detection

Ongoing transmission, as people will not know they have COVID-19 and therefore not self-isolate

Concerns about particularly vulnerable individuals in the workplace

There are no concerns

Other:

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