Mobile testing options to support rural communities

The geographic spread of Cheshire East meant the local council needed a range of agile and flexible options to make it quick and easy for local people to access Covid-19 testing.

Sodexo’s solution was mobilised across eight different sites within two weeks and supports the local authority’s strategy to give local residents and key workers access to easy and regular testing.

“Sodexo have worked in the Cheshire East area for many months delivering the PCR testing model in response to the COVID19 pandemic. As we have moved into supplying LFD mass testing, we needed to engage a partner who could support us in delivering this across eight different regions, giving us the ability reach as much of the population as possible. Sodexo’s mobile dynamic response units provided us with the exact product we needed to achieve our aims and having seen them operate PCR testing sites we were confident they would deliver the best service possible.” 
Lucie Robinson | Programme Manager & People Directorate

Sodexo’s mobile dynamic response units provided us with the exact product we needed to achieve our aims and having seen them operate PCR testing sites we were confident they would deliver the best service possible.”

 

The Sodexo community testing solution

We are here to play a vital role in protecting communities against Covid-19. Sodexo has the capacity, skills and experience in Covid-19 mass testing to operate your end-to-end centre process.

• Sodexo currently manages over 150 Covid-19 test centres across the UK on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
• We worked with the DHSC to design the operation of the test centres and evaluate different swab test methods.
• We can set up mobile test centres with less than a day's notice.
• We have helped trial rapid lateral flow tests in different locations in England.
• A dedicated seven-day-a-week recruitment centre has been set up to ensure that all our test centres are fully staffed at all times. Our 9,000+ strong national test centre workforce is equivalent to the size of four major police forces.
• All staff receive comprehensive health, safety and customer service training.
• As one of the government’s strategic suppliers, we provided catering and security services for the first British coronavirus evacuees returning from China in January 2020.
• In the UK, we have provided cleaning, catering, infection control, facilities management services for acute NHS hospitals for many years.

Certainty of delivery for your local population

We can offer a range of at scale support and managed services at speed, with all the assurance you need.

• Set up and full management of multi-lane drive through test centres to walk in and mobile facilities
• NHS Test and Trace health and safety and operating procedures underpinned our approach, which we have worked to develop in partnership since the start of the pandemic.
• Security, clinical waste management and ongoing maintenance requirements can be managed by our at scale and experienced team.
• We are experts in infection control – so we will ensure all teams and customers are safe and protected within the test centres.