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Fast turnaround PCR near Gatwick, please

Hi all, I will be returning from abroad (non red) mid Dec, is there a PCR test centre at Gatwick or Sussex that gives the result same day, please? I am fully vaccinated and this will be the two day or before test.

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  • k3lvc
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    Hi all, I will be returning from abroad (non red) mid Dec, is there a PCR test centre at Gatwick or Sussex that gives the result same day, please? I am fully vaccinated and this will be the two day or before test.
    Watching with interest - looks like you have more choices in London than the Midlands/Northern airports - this seems to be the main option but I'm sure there'll be fewer guarantees on achieving same day turnaround as Christmas approaches

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  • sablade
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    Westin said:
    thanks but  is there a PCR test centre at Gatwick or Sussex that gives the result same day, please?
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  • k3lvc
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    sablade said:
    Westin said:
    thanks but  is there a PCR test centre at Gatwick or Sussex that gives the result same day, please?
    Just been an article on BBC 10pm news that currently not possible in much less than 24hrs due to extra screening needed for Omicron - let us all know if you find one
  • silvercar
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    Also interested in this. If there is nothing quick near Gatwick I may do a postal test when I land (early am) and hope the results come through overnight.
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  • Don't forget the turnaround time for sending out the result is usually from when the test is received at the lab. Royal Mail postal service is a nightmare as it is without it being a busy December. So that is something to factor in too.
  • silvercar
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    dunlop_2 said:
    Don't forget the turnaround time for sending out the result is usually from when the test is received at the lab. Royal Mail postal service is a nightmare as it is without it being a busy December. So that is something to factor in too.
    Our journey home takes us near to Heathrow, so we have the option of any we can find there. I haven't looked too deeply yet, as I can see Mauritius is now on France's super red list, so I'm biding my time.

    I've also asked someone to look at the legal stuff, now that the SI has been published. There may be a chance that you can take a 2day PCR and take an ordinary PCR and be released if either come back negative. after all, if you haven't got covid, you haven't got covid and all the sequencing requirements are redundant.
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  • silvercar
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    I've seen these mentioned, no personal experience:

    HALO verify at Sofitel Heathrow T5, PCR within 5 hours if taken before 6pm - £60.

    Aloft near the excel centre do 3 hr tests

    novotel nr Heathrow £65 for a 3 hour test.

    Hasu diagnostics (slough) £56/ £99.

    emphasising no personal experience (scraped from elsewhere)
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  • tetrarch
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    I landed at 8:45 at LGW yesterday (30-Nov)

    I picked up a (£35) test from a Randox distribution centre in Maidstone at 10:30
    Dropped off the test at one of their drop boxes at 12:00 (did digital paperwork and test in the car park)
    Received negative result in my inbox at 02:15 this morning (1-Dec)

    Very efficient

    Regards

    Tet
  • tetrarch said:
    I landed at 8:45 at LGW yesterday (30-Nov)

    I picked up a (£35) test from a Randox distribution centre in Maidstone at 10:30
    Dropped off the test at one of their drop boxes at 12:00 (did digital paperwork and test in the car park)
    Received negative result in my inbox at 02:15 this morning (1-Dec)

    Very efficient

    Regards

    Tet
    thanks Tet but I cannot see Maidstone office on their website
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