In a letter to children’s minister Vicky Ford, Siddiq, Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, highlighted concerns over many providers struggling to obtain tests for staff despite nurseries and childminders being promised priority access.
She also questioned why early years settings, unlike schools and colleges, had not been given a supply of 10 tests per setting.
Last week, providers said they faced closure due to staff shortages as workers who were unable to get a test had been forced to self-isolate.
Siddiq wrote that “many early years workers are struggling to get tested and get the results quickly”.
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