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Investigation exposes government's ‘absolute catastrophe’ of using private firms to fight Covid-19
Channel 4’s Dispatches programme shows alleged ‘serious failings’ at medical diagnostics firm Randox and its handling of home testing kits
A member of staff hands over a Randox laboratories Covid-19 self test kit to a member of the public at a drive-through test centre at the SSE Arena in Belfast in May

AN UNDERCOVER investigation has exposed the “absolute catastrophe unleashed by the government” in using private firms in its response to the coronavirus pandemic, campaigners said today.

On Monday evening Channel 4’s Dispatches programme broadcast the experience of an undercover reporter who worked at Randox, a medical diagnostics firm providing thousands of home testing kits to care homes and individuals.

It also processes tests from other suppliers.

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