The government plans a wider roll-out of the scheme in December following the trial.
Mr Hancock’s pledge came as the government launched a pilot visitor testing programme in 20 care homes in Hampshire, Devon and Cornwall yesterday.
Care Home
Older adults resident in a care home and care home workers top a priority list for vaccines currently recommended by independent scientific advisers.
Care homes are also being encouraged to register visits on the NHS Track and Trace system with ad hoc visits discouraged.
Plans are currently being developed to allow specific family and friends to visit care homes supported by testing.
An Adult Social Care Winter Plan to support care homes through the winter has been announced by the government.
The NCF said that the decision to not test CQC inspectors in care homes undermines the policy.
Indoor visits to care homes in Wales are to be allowed from the end of this month.
The relaxation excludes Aberdeen City Council due to local outbreaks of coronavirus cases.
The full-time wheelchair users hailed from Gloucestershire House in Cheltenham, Symonds House in Hertfordshire, St Bridget’s in West Sussex and Fryers House in Hampshire.
