No lateral flow tests available

I think I was lucky as I ordered a set this morning and got the confirmation email. Saw the BBC news a little while later, saying that they had run out.

Rosalyn I can’t speak for others but I need a regular supply so that I can visit my elderly mother in her care home. Not stockpiling, but necessary.

This saga is starting to sound like stockpiling to me … the just in case of running out.

I think I have a couple of LFTs left and thought I should maybe get some more. As others have said, nowt available on gov uk so I put in my home postcode to search for a pharmacy where I might collect some.
The result? "We can't find any results within 30 miles of your location".

No, I don't live somewhere up a lonely mountain but on the edge of a midlands city.
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My husband brought two boxes in today. He got them from the chemist. There does seem to be a supply issue in some areas. Hopefully that’ll be sorted out in the next few days.

Josianne

MaizieD everyone is giving you suggestions to help. If you are desperate I can post you one of mine to attend whatever it is you need it for.

I'm really grateful for everyone's suggestions and am taking note.

We aren't in desperate need yet. I just didn't want to run out

Maizie I did what Sparklefizz did - at 3 pm this afternoon and took my mobile with the code to the Chemist’s.
The first one had run out of packs, the second one gave me a one week pack in return for the code.
It is just half a mile from my home in a city.
Good Luck and don’t give up ?

It's the most tedious discussion ever. You can have a brain tumour and still be actually killed by covid.

I'm really not sure what people are trying to prove by airing it. That covid isn't really a significant killer?

Lots at our local chemist. I have had them from the library too .

Sorry, quoted the wrong post.

The comment still stands though.

Scribbles

Thanks for the update, MissA. I have only heard this news item on R4 so my apologies to MaizieD if she gets her news from a different source.

I wonder what the truth is?

I have this discussion quite often. It’s just not possible to know how many people have died from Covid. Unless someone can tell me otherwise.

I’ve found this very misleading and it’s made me so cynical of anything that is said. This is not a healthy place to be.

If it helps, schools.colleges and universities have their own direct supply. Care providers do too. So hopefully everyone has just panic ordered LFTs (I ordered some this weekend, god knows if I'll get them) as I'd ran out for me

Thanks for the update, MissA. I have only heard this news item on R4 so my apologies to MaizieD if she gets her news from a different source.

I wonder what the truth is?

I've just read the guardian report, and it states that the person died of it, and with it, so reading that means it's anyone's guess what is the truth.

MaizieD
... And the first death in hospital from omicron has just been announced...

No! What was announced was that one person had died after testing positive for Omicron.

We have not been told what that person actually died of. It could well be as a result of an industrial accident, acute peritonitis, a brain tumour or a hundred other things with the virus' presence being incidental.

I do wish people would listen to what is actually said and not just reflexively react to what they think they heard.
I'll get my coat...

I tried to order online not available got a code went to all the chemists in town not available until at least the weekend

JenniferEccles

Maybe he’s concentrating on organising the massive increase in the booster vaccination programme, among endless other things which require his time and attention.

But no, let’s forget about all that and just take the opportunity for another Boris bash.

No, he's not. A civil servant called Emily Lawson is.

Didn’t I read somewhere that the shortage is due to people who have been in contact with someone with Covid having to test daily? That would make sense.

My local chemist has packs of them in stock.

MaizieD everyone is giving you suggestions to help. If you are desperate I can post you one of mine to attend whatever it is you need it for.

Try what sparklefizz says Maizie. There is a link on the Gov.Uk site for chemists near you that stock them.

I've just tried it and have got three local chemists

Good luck,

JenniferEccles

Maybe he’s concentrating on organising the massive increase in the booster vaccination programme, among endless other things which require his time and attention.

But no, let’s forget about all that and just take the opportunity for another Boris bash.

Really tedious isn’t it JE?

Some seem to think Boris introduced COVID deliberately just to inconvenience them, the rules should have been set in stone from day one and every other country, except the uk, have dealt with the pandemic flawlessly!

I am sure it’s Boris’s fault if they stub their big toe! Whining is so boring!

I bet Boris wishes he had a magical Crystal Ball so he could guarantee the future. Instead there is mass speculation that he MIGHT have a speck of baby sick on his shoulder from his newborn daughter!

Small village pharmacies would probably be a better option than chains like Boots.

TillyTrotter

Try the Government website again tomorrow Maizie .
This happened before but the stocks for NHS and Pharmacies will scale up.

I will.

I admire your confidence

Try the Government website again tomorrow Maizie .
This happened before but the stocks for NHS and Pharmacies will scale up.