after they were processed by a lab in the west midlands. the uk health security agency says testing at the immensa health clinic in wolverhampton has been suspended following reports of people receiving negative pcr test results following a positive lateral flow test. it s thought those affected were tested between 8th september and 12th october. hugh pym joins me. what more do we know about this, this is quite alarming. we what more do we know about this, this is quite alarming. what more do we know about this, this is quite alarming. we had heard about this for this is quite alarming. we had heard about this for the this is quite alarming. we had heard about this for the last this is quite alarming. we had heard about this for the last couple - this is quite alarming. we had heard about this for the last couple of - about this for the last couple of weeks anecdotally from gps who reported they had patients getting in touch saying that they were unwelcome that they had all the s
that one of their testing sites, anyone who had been there since early october, up until the 12th, should get another test because there had been problems with processing pcr tests. to be clear, it is the laboratory in question, not the testing sites. so just in the last hour, we have heard from uk hsa, one of the bodies that replace public health england, that it is a laboratory in wolverhampton, a private laboratory, not a government run laboratory, and it has been suspended because 43,000 people have been given negative pcr results, which were incorrect. and they are in the south west of england. it seems to have been about 10% of the overall amount that went through that. the reassurance to people is the testing system is still working, all tests will go to other labs. on the 8th of september, that goes back a little way, so who knew what and when? if you got infected in september and you got a false result
it s thought those affected were tested between 8th september and 12th october. 0ur health correspondent jim reed joins me. 0k, ok, so we have always been told pcr tests are the gold standard. what has been going on here? for a while, somethin: has been going on here? for a while, something strange has been going on here? for a while, something strange has has been going on here? for a while, something strange has been - has been going on here? for a while, something strange has been going i has been going on here? for a while, . something strange has been going on. we have been hearing anecdotal reports at the bbc that a lot of people in the south west appear to have been taking lateral flow tests, these are the ones you take in 15 minutes at home, getting a positive result, feeling ropey with quite obvious covid symptoms, then if you get a positive lateral flow you can apply for a pcr test. these are one of the laboratory tests. these tests were coming back and often they were co
are among those affected. the uk health security agency says testing at the immensa health clinic in wolverhampton has been suspended after reports of people receiving negative pcr test results following a positive lateral flow test. it s thought those affected were tested between 8th september and 12th october. our health correspondentjim reed explained what happened. taking lateral flow tests, so these are the one you take in 15 minutes at home, getting a positive result, feeling ropey with kind of quite obvious covid symptoms, you know, loss of smell and that sort of things. then, if you get a positive lateral flow, you can then go and apply for a pcr test, these are one of these laboratory tests. these tests were coming back and often they were coming back negative. people were contacting the bbc and other journalists saying, look, we don t know what is going on here. this has been going on for a couple of weeks,
may have been given incorrect covid test results, after they were processed by a lab in the west midlands. the uk health security agency says testing at the immensa health clinic in wolverhampton has been suspended, after reports of people receiving negative pcr test results following a positive lateral flow test. it s thought those affected were tested between 8th september and 12th october. i ve been speaking to our health editor, hugh pym. we had heard about this for the last couple of weeks anecdotally from gps who reported that they had patients getting in touch saying that they were unwell, they had all the symptoms come and they tested positive on a lateral flow then gone to get the confirmatory pcr and it was negative. and gps were rather suspicious of this. it seems to be largely around the south west of england, then late yesterday, west berkshire council came out and said