Community testing - programme implementation: health board leads' experiences

Research aims and objectives

This research study used in-depth interviews with NHS Health Board leads on the Community Testing Programme to provide insights into its set-up and management, with the aim of supporting national policy-making on testing and learning lessons from a rapid and significant programme of work to combat the spread of Covid-19.

The objectives of this study are:

• reporting local leads' experiences of the implementation of the Programme, including good practice examples, challenges met and lessons learned;
• reporting in-depth information on Health Board leads' views on the barriers encountered by their local populations in accessing testing services;
• providing an account of the strategies and approaches adopted by each Health Board to promote the Programme and overcome barriers to testing that were experienced.