Covid-19 lateral flow distribution service

About this service

Covid 19- Lateral flow distribution service

This page provides information about this service and where it is located.

Information about this service…

This service provides patients with Covid-19 lateral flow antigen tests which can take up to 14 days to work.

You will be offered a different version of the vaccine if you are 65 years old and over. This is because this version contains an added ‘adjuvant’ which further stimulates the immune system to make a stronger response. This service aims to vaccinate anyone at risk of developing more serious complications from flu.

What Our Team Do…

Our pharmacies are extremely accessible, have extended opening times and provide options to allow users to detect whether they have the virus and are likely to transmit the virus to others when asymtomatic. If you are symptomatic, please refrain from entering our branches and follow government guidelines to protect our staff and the community.

Pharmacists are accessible and trusted and therefore, many patients prefer receiving their devices from our stores. The tests will solely be provided and will not be conducted on site. Furthermore, the service does not include interpreting test results. We only source our test kits from NHS approved providers. Key points to make you aware of include that:

· The test kits help identify those who are COVID-19 positive but do not have symptoms. If you are symptomatic, please refrain from entering our branches and follow government guidelines.

· Please follow the instructions on the kit to get the most reliable results

· Please report your results irrespective of whether it is positive or negative. This helps the NHS ascertain areas that have rising and declining COVID-19 asymptomatic cases

· If the result is positive, it is likely that you had COVID-19 upon testing

· If the result is negative, it is likely that you did not have COVID-19 upon testing, however, you must still continue to follow any relevant guidelines and restrictions.

Benefits Of This Service…

The service will enable more to get tested and thus identify more positive asymptomatic cases in the community and therefore break the chain of transmission. This is due to the accessibility of pharmacies within the community. This will especially help to protect those who are most vulnerable to the impacts of the virus.

Pricing & Eligibility

This service is completely free. There is no minimum age, but the recommended age for collection is 16yrs old. Prior to your visit, please get a 16-digit collect code which you can access online here or by calling 119. Our staff will not supply test kits without this as collecting this code enhances patient safety.

Where Can This Service Be Located?

This service can be accessed at all of our pharmacies. Click the links below to navigate to your chosen pharmacy;