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Organisation testing registration: record of users

Guidance and spreadsheet to record the details of people you've tested for coronavirus on that day.

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Record-keeping multiple registration spreadsheet (to be used by all adult social care settings)

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All adult social care settings should now be using the spreadsheet titled ‘Record-keeping multiple registration spreadsheet’ (to be used by all adult social care settings).

This allows settings to register rapid lateral flow tests.

You can register up to 100 tests on the spreadsheet.

Upload your completed record-keeping multiple registration spreadsheet

Please note that this page is currently being updated to provide full guidance on how to register multiple coronavirus (COVID-19) test results at one time.

Your organisation should have received instructions on how to do this, in the interim.

Published 26 August 2020
Last updated 28 March 2024 + show all updates
  1. Removed reference to the 119 service.

  2. Updated the spreadsheet.

  3. Updated guidance and forms.

  4. Added Welsh version of the record-keeping multiple registration spreadsheet.

  5. Added column for Royal Mail barcode reference to spreadsheet.

  6. Replaced 'Record-keeping multiple registration spreadsheet (to be used by all adult social care settings from 1 July)' with 'Record-keeping multiple registration spreadsheet (to be used by all adult social care settings)'. The spreadsheet has been replaced to fix a bug for users operating a certain version of Excel. Removed 'Record-keeping multiple registration spreadsheet'.

  7. Updated the spreadsheets to allow coronavirus test results to now be uploaded in bulk.

  8. The multiple registration upload guidance has been updated. Added a note to say that from 1 July, all adult social care settings should use the new version of the record-keeping multiple registration spreadsheet.

  9. Replaced 'Record-keeping multiple registration spreadsheet: care homes' with a new version.

  10. Added the record-keeping multiple registration spreadsheet for hospices, extra care and supported living settings.

  11. Updated 'Multiple registration upload guidance' in line with the new version of the spreadsheet introduced on 19 May and changed Scotland NHS support numbers to 119. Deleted the previous version of the spreadsheet.

  12. Added multiple registration spreadsheet to use from 19 May.

  13. Updated to add a video demonstration of registering mulitple test kits on the portal.

  14. Guidance has been updated to show changes to data fields within the record keeping spreadsheet and provide more advice on how to complete and upload this successfully. A video has also been published to support users in successfully completing a new process for outer return box tracking. Also updated 'Record-keeping (bulk upload) spreadsheet (from 26 February)' to fix minor validation errors and improve the registration experience.

  15. Replaced 'Record-keeping (bulk upload) spreadsheet (from 26 February)' to correct an error.

  16. Replaced the record-keeping (bulk upload) spreadsheet with a new spreadsheet to use from 26 February 2021.

  17. First published.