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Were available this morning. for my wife, who could potentially go back into work if her pcr test was negative and she remained symptom—free, thats a huge impact on her surgery. there are only three of them. if she is off because she has to isolate, then thats a third of the workforce down, so the real issue not being able to book pcr tests, not getting them in a timely manner and also not being able to get lateral flow tests to help direct us what to do. theres been a surge in demand for late...

Soaring infections, reaching record highs. but many people are still finding it hard to get tested. we thought we would come to the local pharmacy to see if they have any lateral flow tests. but you dont need to go in to see that they are out of stock. lets try this one. staff suggested that we go down the road to another pharmacy. well, i got lucky. the pharmacist yet does have a box of tests. he says, in fact, you get a delivery every day. but as soon as people find out he has got them, they c...

With the past week showing more than a 40% rise over the previous one. but many are still finding it hard to get tested. we thought wed come to the local pharmacy to see if theyve got any lateral flow tests, but you dont need to go in to see that theyre out of stock. lets try this one. staff suggested we go down the road to another pharmacy. well, i got lucky. the pharmacist here does have a box of tests. he says in fact he gets a delivery every day, but as soon as people find out that hes got t...

Cope with those cases. i think the big concern is where do the staff come from to man those beds? there are also plans to make a further 4,000 beds available in other places if needed. in a statement, the health secretary said... cases of covid—19 have been increasing sharply across the uk, with the past week showing more than a 40% rise over the previous one. but many are still finding it hard to get tested. we thought wed come to the local pharmacy to see if theyve got any lateral flow tests...

If shes off because she has to isolate, then thats a third of her workforce down, so its a real issue not being able to book pcr tests, not getting them in a timely manner and also not being able to get lateral flow tests to help direct us what to do. theres been a surge in demand for lateral flow tests, too. thats led to pharmacists warning that supply�*s not keeping up. theyve not had any here since christmas eve. its notjust our pharmacy thats out of stock, its many, many more pharmacies. s...

Its many, many more pharmacies. some customers are very understanding with it, but some are getting very angry about it as well, saying that "we have been told we need to test every day, so how are the tests not available?" good morning, do you have any lateral flow tests? no, im afraid we are completely out of stock. but what i would suggest is try to order them to your house. you can try to do that, order them online, but you might be told there are no more delivery slots available. im very di...

Katharine da costa has more. george winder and his wife nikki are both gps in leeds. he tested positive for covid on a lateral flow device, which means, as a health worker, his wife cannot return to work until shes received a negative pcr test. it appears that, often, the website isnt showing availability. that doesnt always seem to hold true throughout the day. and i understand that other people have later in the day then found availability, which was the same with my wife. so, really, itsjust ...

If she is off because she has to isolate, then thats a third of the workforce down, so the real issue not being able to book pcr tests, not getting them in a timely manner and also not being able to get lateral flow tests to help direct us what to do. at some points today, there was no availability on the government website for home pcr kits or walk—in sites in england and northern ireland, and only limited supply in scotland. theres been a surge in demand for lateral flow tests, too. thats le...

Lateral flow tests have never been a more important part of plans to keep covid under control. we are being told to do them before going out to see friends and family. and if you add to that huge numbers of close contacts of people with covid doing daily tests, you get a lot of extra demand. but there is a warning — supply is not keeping up with that demand. the association of independent multiple pharmacies is calling this a huge problem. they have not had any here since christmas eve. it is ...

For people who test positive for covid, but dont have any symptoms, to five days. doing that could help the nhs deal with staff shortages caused by workers isolating due to covid. that number doubled in london in the week before christmas. i do understand the argument, but as i say, we believe it is the right thing to do at present, to stick with the self—isolation period as it currently is, so that is seven days, and as i say, weve onlyjust made the change to bring it down from ten, so we wan...