Nhs staff- what guidance have you had about being around a positive member of your household and work?

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If you have / have had a member of your household who was positive and you are negative what guidance have you had from work once they have reached day 11 and are ‘free to go’? Do you have to keep away from them until they test negative even after day 10?

Everyone is risk assessed in my Trust but for example, a colleague's husband tested positive, she is triple vaccinated so providing her PCR was negative and daily LFTs were negative, she came back to work.

Thanks. My OH who works in admin and whom I don’t live with has been told he cannot see me again until I test negative. I pointed out to him that I will not be doing anymore LFTs as I am now on day 10 and will be returning to work.
He has tested negative throughout.
I am pissed off.

So you're not in the same household? Confused.

Same household but asymptomatic; get a PCR. If negative come to work but do daily LFT's. All staff are risk assessed.

When I tested positive 10 days ago. He left my house and has stayed away apart from to drop of shopping .
He has been told by his line manager today that he is not allowed to see me until I test negative. I am on day 10. I won’t be doing anymore tests.

current advice in my trust (and it does seem to change often) is that we take a PCR when COVID is first detected in the house. You can't come in until PCR negative result has been sent. Then you can come in conditional on daily negative LFTs before work. All assuming fully vaccinated.

He has been testing. He is negative and no symptoms. I told him I thought that was crazy. Maybe his line manager has a sideline in relationship counselling and needs to drum up business.

After negative PCR how long do you have to do lfts for?

Every Trust and hospital that I am aware of is implementing slightly different rules, so knowing what one Trust is doing probably isn't helpful to you.....

His trust have run out of lfts.
I get all of the precautions. But I am now day 10- at the very least- symptoms started days before I finally tested positive.

If my line manager tried to tell me what I could or couldn't do in my own time I would ignore them. They don't own me!

Like others have said at my trust I think you need a negative PCR then daily negative LFT before returning to work.

@WhenTheDragonsCame sadly he seems to do whatever she says. It’s causing issues.

Why don't you just lft?

I think hospitals are being extra careful.

NHS can't return to work in our area if still positive day 10, but just need a single negative between day 10 and 14 to return and can return after 14 days whatever.

@ShakespearesSisters it’s not him who has covid- it is me. But I am on day 10.

I imagine he needs to be sure he won't catch it or he'll be off 10 days etc. I'd be the same in his shoes!

Sorry, thought you were nhs too.

@OutlookStalking bit I am day 10. According to the government I no longer need to tear and can run free from tomorrow anyway. If that’s the case why is he not allowed to see me?

I’m finding these covid rules incredibly tough. I’m a bank nurse (due to childcare reasons to work around shifts) and if I have a household contact I can’t work at my trust for 5 days, get a negative PCR and daily LFTs. I’m sick to death of losing money due to covid. I feel utterly shafted by the nhs and the government. I would love to just leave nursing but it’s all I’ve ever done and been a nurse for 20 years so I don’t know what else to do but continuing to lose out on work and pay is getting desperate and I would just lie now and not tell anyone if my kids or OH test positive.

Well when we had it we still gave people who hadn't had it/older people a qide berth for a few days after day 10 were srill positive on day 10.

I'd still not go round someone's house who was srill positive. You can still catch it after 10 days just statistically less likely.

You don't want him to get it do you? If I get it i cant work. Just test or give it a few more days. All good!!

Nhs and work clinically. Still testing twice a week. If positive household member work from home for 10 days. If positive myself work from home for 10 days if well enough but off sick otherwise. Can't go back in to work for 10pm days after positive test.

DD tested positive yesterday. I had a negative lateral flow but this morning had to do a PCR. I had to wait in the car until I got my result- it was negative so back at work.
our hospital policy is LFTs daily for 10 days and PCR on days 1,5,9.

The great irony is that he’s not mentioned any of this until today and has been happy to be in my house for short periods.

My trust is PCR when household member positive, then can go to work if comes back negative. Daily lfts thereafter for 10 days. I did a pcr because luckily the timing worked and I didn't lose any work time. It took 24 hours to come back but it's never been longer than that. Some of these rules sound a bit draconian.
And ^ no one will know if you don't tell them.

@sproutsandparsnips exactly!