Question reference: S6W-01798
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 22 July 2021
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Current status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 August 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to local authorities to raise awareness of mobile/walk-in COVID-19 testing centres.
Answer
The Scottish Government continues to promote testing in its communications and public messaging. To raise awareness of how individuals can access testing at walk-through test centres and mobile testing units, the Scottish Government has:
- supported local authorities and health boards to promote new sites by creating a communications toolkit, which includes templates for news releases, social media content and signage,
- engaged with local authorities and health boards to inform them of upcoming Test and Protect communications campaigns and new site openings, and,
- promoted new sites online with the public and health journalists, broadcasters and bloggers with a Ministerial quote and UK Government news release.