Claim: Boots has been given lateral flow tests the taxpayer has already paid for to sell back to us again.
Fact-check: Boots isn't selling lateral flow tests 'the taxpayer has already paid for' - Full Fact
Verdict: this is false. unused tests procured by nhs test and trace are not given to private providers, and the tests for sale in boots are not the same as the ones used by test and trace.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Pippa Allen-Kinross
Date published: 2022-04-11T00:00:00