No Rapid LFTs available?

sillyvixen

I managed to order at 8.45 this evening they have been unavailable most of the day.

twiglet98

I tried every evening last week and finally managed to order a pack at 22.00 yesterday.

Just before Christmas I got a code to collect some from a local pharmacy.  As at the second week in February, nowhere in any of the three nearest towns had any available on the two days a week I was able to go out to try and find them.  Fuel prices now preclude driving anywhere just on the offchance.  Does the collect code have an expiry date?

onashoestring

As part of the Government “Living with Covid” strategy, access to FREE tests is ending 1 April for most people in England - so you need to find somewhere before then . 

silvercar

More availability for home delivery in England usually appears at 8pm.

elsien

@AndrineBlaq -  your post is against forum rules, please can you delete. 

flavione74

twiglet98 said:

I tried every evening last week and finally managed to order a pack at 22.00 yesterday.

Just before Christmas I got a code to collect some from a local pharmacy.  As at the second week in February, nowhere in any of the three nearest towns had any available on the two days a week I was able to go out to try and find them.  Fuel prices now preclude driving anywhere just on the offchance.  Does the collect code have an expiry date?

There's no expiry date for the code, but as others experienced, it's quite difficult to find any free tests in pharmacies now.
Better to check if the local council, libraries or others are giving tests away for free.
Otherwise the remaining option is buying them.
The box with 5 tests comes £9.29 at Lloyds Pharmacies (same brand sold at Boots at slightly higher price).
Otherwise Medisave has some tests at £1.19 each.

FeaturelessVoid

onashoestring said:

As part of the Government “Living with Covid” strategy, access to FREE tests is ending 1 April for most people in England - so you need to find somewhere before then . 

No, you don't.

You need to stop obsessing over COVID and get on with your life.

There are more people infected with it than at any point in the pandemic, and there are decreasing numbers on mechanical ventilators.

The vast majority will get a mild cold and that's it, I know because I had the exact same symptoms last week.

Unfortunately for some, I didn't die.

unforeseen

twiglet98 said:

I tried every evening last week and finally managed to order a pack at 22.00 yesterday.

Just before Christmas I got a code to collect some from a local pharmacy.  As at the second week in February, nowhere in any of the three nearest towns had any available on the two days a week I was able to go out to try and find them.  Fuel prices now preclude driving anywhere just on the offchance.  Does the collect code have an expiry date?

Ordered 5:20PM Wednesday, arrived Thursday 

unforeseen

FeaturelessVoid said:

onashoestring said:

As part of the Government “Living with Covid” strategy, access to FREE tests is ending 1 April for most people in England - so you need to find somewhere before then . 

No, you don't.

You need to stop obsessing over COVID and get on with your life.

There are more people infected with it than at any point in the pandemic, and there are decreasing numbers on mechanical ventilators.

The vast majority will get a mild cold and that's it, I know because I had the exact same symptoms last week.

Unfortunately for some, I didn't die.

What about those in the high risk groups? Immunocompromised etc? They have a genuine worry. The good news is that, from my experience, we seem to be flagged on the system and don't have a problem ordering LFTs. 
The vast majority may only have mild cold symptoms but the last time I caught a cold, which for me would normally be just sniffles & a sore throat, it laid me out for 3 days because I am now immuno compromised.  My wife caught covid 3 weeks ago and she said it was like a heavy (not mild) cold.
So I would rather carry on testing as that gets me the anti-virals sooner rather than later and will hopefully keep me out of hospital. 

sheramber

My dil was I’ll imbed with a constant severe headache for 5 days. She could not stay awake for more than a few minutes at a time. After 5 days she developed a constant hacking cough that lasted for 6 weeks. She is not immune compromised and was triple vaccinated. No matter how many have a mild cold others are quite I’ll. while deaths are down hundreds are hospitalised and some are in icu. This takes a toll on other hospital admissions. 

It is not just a case of I’m alright, Jack.