Halt the use of inaccurate Chinese lateral flow tests, with most already banned by the likes of the FDA.
The UK has a wealth of capability and hundreds of millions per week capacity to provide accurate lateral flow tests during a global shortage yet the UK Government have opted to deny all access to the likes of Avacta PLC, Abingdon Health and Omega Diagnostics, which has also included these companies in legal battles to recover monies invested on the agreement with the DHSC and UK Government to provide manufacturing capacity.
The significant homegrown, UK diagnostic industry is being crippled by the UK Government only seeking to use billions of pounds of inadequate Chinese tests. This has to stop and the UK Government must support UK companies
