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If you have a new continuous cough, a high temperature, or a loss or change to your sense of taste or smell, do not come to our hospitals. Follow the national advice on coronavirus (COVID-19).
Please find information on our services and visiting restrictions in our COVID-19 section.
Patients and visitors must wear a face covering in our hospitals.
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If your question is not answered below, and you are a member of staff, please speak to your line manager or email covidquestions@ouh.nhs.uk
If your question is about an OUH HR matter that isn't addressed here, please discuss this initially with your line manager who can then raise it with the HR consultant for your Division.
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From Friday 1 April 2022, there have been a number of changes which simplify the staff asymptomatic and symptomatic COVID-19 testing process.
Before ordering a box of home testing kits, please visit the COVID staff testing website and register for lateral flow testing.
You can access the testing website from a work computer at one of our hospitals, a work computer at home when connected to a VPN, or via Virtual Desktop. Please contact OUH IM&T Service Desk for details.
You will then need to visit the Government website and order a pack of tests. These are usually in the post the next day.
Yes, but you will need to register with the COVID staff testing website for home testing to log your result.
We're asking you to test yourself twice a week, every three to four days, to fit your shift pattern - for example, every Monday and Thursday and Wednesday and Sunday, ideally before you come into work.
Yes, you do - negative, positive, and invalid.
You can do this by going to the COVID staff home testing website and following the instructions to report your result. This can be accessed from any device. Please do not report on the Government testing website.
The test lot number (usually a series of numbers starting with a letter) is on the box and on the outside packaging of each individual testing device.
You can leave this field blank on the staff testing website if you wish – this simplifies reporting.
Yes, continue to test even though you have had the vaccine.
Please follow our guidance for NHS staff.