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Anyone been able to order LFTs lately?

98 replies

catfunk · 03/01/2022 17:36

Back at work tomorrow (not WFH) so I'd like to be testing regularly but I've been looking on gov.uk since xmas eve and it keep saying none available - am I looking at the wrong times of day, or have they been out all this time?
No local pharmacies ever seem to have any either

OP posts:
ToooOldForThis · 03/01/2022 18:52

I got some online the other day just by checking the website sporadically

irregularegular · 03/01/2022 18:54

Got a code. Turned up at pharmacy to collect them only to find there weren’t any. I don't think that a collection code for a pharmacy means anything about availability I am afraid.

I've just remembered I thought I ordered some before Xmas but they never showed up.

Hall84 · 03/01/2022 19:04

I managed to get some about 4/5pm today after trying for the last few days. Just kept trying through the day as I was getting the same message about no slots available after putting all the details in.

HunterHearstHelmsley · 03/01/2022 19:06

I ordered some yesterday morning and thanks to this reminder just ordered another pack!

elelel · 03/01/2022 19:07

Several times since Christmas- DD ordered a pack yesterday- I got mine done at 7am today.

PurpleDaisies · 03/01/2022 19:09

@HunterHearstHelmsley

I ordered some yesterday morning and thanks to this reminder just ordered another pack!
Just now? This is what I get just now.
Anyone been able to order LFTs lately?
Wagsandclaws · 03/01/2022 19:11

Yes me too, my 82 yo Mum loves with us and I have primary school and secondary school ages boys so need to test.

We had covid in September I'm fully expecting the boys to bring it home again and I'd like to be able to test but it's pretty much impossible to get any tests.

dontcallmelen · 03/01/2022 19:11

I’ve been getting the same message as above since before Christmas the last couple of days it’s let me fill in all the details previously came up straight away non were available.

PurpleDaisies · 03/01/2022 19:12

@dontcallmelen

I’ve been getting the same message as above since before Christmas the last couple of days it’s let me fill in all the details previously came up straight away non were available.
Same here. It’s frustrating.
icelollycraving · 03/01/2022 19:13

I ordered a box today.

DingDongMerrilyOnline · 03/01/2022 19:15

I’m a district nurse and we can’t get any from anywhere! I’ve managed to order some today, I was lucky enough to get some last week but our postie left them in the recycling bin, which was on the street ready to be collected…

FlyingFlamingo · 03/01/2022 19:15

There were none to be had last night but I managed to get some this morning (I need to do them daily as a contact, and if I get a positive then everyone else in the house will be as well which is a lot of tests!)

Piggy42 · 03/01/2022 19:17

I ordered about 4pm today. Keep trying at random points of the day.

FredaFox · 03/01/2022 19:19

Get them every time I try and they come within 24/48 hours

ZittiEBuoni · 03/01/2022 19:20

I ordered some on 22.12, still haven't arrived Hmm.

dontcallmelen · 03/01/2022 19:28

I wonder if availability at the moment if geographic, I’m in London lots of people I know are in the same boat & had no joy with the website for nearly a week.

elelel · 03/01/2022 19:29

@dontcallmelen

I wonder if availability at the moment if geographic, I’m in London lots of people I know are in the same boat & had no joy with the website for nearly a week.

I think you get the 'no' screen before you give your location

LIZS · 03/01/2022 19:32

Sometimes you only get as far as the message screen , so not even regional. Sometimes to country then none available. I suspect it is to do with mailing capacity and it refreshes every so often as a batch is processed. We've had them sent from various different warehouses, as far away as Edinburgh (we are in SE).

confusedofengland · 03/01/2022 19:39

Try your local library. I worked in one & we had a delivery of 10 boxes on New Year's Eve. Almost 3 went that day! There were 20 kits in each pack, so we were giving out one per household only.

Livpool · 03/01/2022 19:44

Still unavailable here

polkadotpixie · 03/01/2022 20:26

I've tried multiple times every day for over a week and can't get any. I work for the NHS and we're told to do lateral flows 3 times a week but I can't

Fifthtimelucky · 03/01/2022 20:33

My husband and I each had a box delivered a couple of days ago - we ordered them a couple of days before that.

Crinkle77 · 03/01/2022 22:21

I managed to order some around lunch time on NY eve. Not been delivered yet though. I then tried to order a box for my mother on her behalf immediately after and it said there were no delivery slots available.

MrsAmaretto · 03/01/2022 22:24

No, like you the website kept saying it was unavailable. Walked into the local chemist and got 2 boxes.

Scutterbug · 03/01/2022 22:25

Nope. Tried more than 100
Times in the last few days. Can’t get any. None in local pharmacies either. Totally fed up.

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