Table 2.

Resources

Laboratory staff time [excluding planning and reporting]	1200 hours
Total laboratory staff salary costs [excluding planning and reporting]	£19 385
Average sample processing time	35.5 hours
Weekday average sample processing time	25.5 hours
Administrative staff time estimate	500 hours
Laboratory consumables cost estimate per test kit	£3.61
Total number of swabs supplied to participants	3360
Incurred costa	£75 906
Estimated in-kind contributionsb	£89 612

^aThis figure represents the spend on services and equipment. The feasibility study inevitably incurred a high unit cost, and for example tripling the test numbers would have a negligible effect on cost.

^bThis figure represents the costs absorbed by the existing service.