In the summer of 2020, CTN launched a commercial testing service, working with occupational health specialists and industry partners to create screening plans that would help keep employees safe as they returned to the workplace at a time when no government health screening was available. We provided funding for and helped source test materials and the labs volunteered their time, expertise and equipment.ĬTN was subsequently contracted by Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) in May 2020 and provided testing for some hard to reach parts of the population including for homeless and women’s shelters as well as GPs and care homes.Īs the government lighthouse labs came online, DHSC ended their contract with CTN and at this time CTN ended their volunteer efforts. Seed-funded with £1m from the Fischer Family Foundation, our original mission was to support the UK’s testing effort by building a nationwide network of labs to deliver free PCR screening for GPs and care homes - at a time when the government not was offering this. For any queries please contact one the former directors through LinkedIn.Ī brief history of Covid Testing Network:Ĭonceived by Mike Fischer CBE and his colleagues at Systems Biology Laboratory, Covid Testing Network (CTN) was set up by a team of dedicated volunteers in March 2020.
Covid Testing Network is no longer operating.