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 she s received a negative pcr test. it appears that, often, the website isn t showing availability. that doesn t 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, it sjust this pattern of a delay in being able to book one locally on the government booking site. 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. there s been a surge in demand for lateral flow tests, too. that s led to pharmacists warning that supply s not keeping up. they ve not had any here since christmas eve. it s not just our pharmacy that s out of stock, it s many,