@Dandyish good question. No he isn’t a Dr. I reay should change my user name in the current climate ha ha. He works on Governmental Construction jobs that are deemed essential works. So yes we qualified on the NHS.
This is a good thing to post about actually.
When you register, it asks you for your name and DOB and you choose from a drop down of occupations. At no point was this checked. Dare I suggest that any of you could book on as your occupation isnt checked at all. (Flame me).
So, you book on and it asks you to take a QR code and photo ID. (My ID wasnt checked but others have been turned away without it). You cannot book a test for under 18’s as the booking system wont recognise their D.O.B.
However when I got there, they offered me a kit for each DC As they were over five. I swabbed them and myself, DH did his and i held no hope as it wasnt the method of pushing it up the nose and down the back of the throat, you merely swiped across the back of your throat and inserted into nostril. I completed it on an 8yr old and although she cried, it wasnt intrusive.
To get their results i had to assign them an email address/phone number and DOB which we just gave a false one for each child to get them uploaded as “over 18”.
So the system is clearly flawed and there to boost testing figures. But anyone symptomatic its easy to register. I felt I should do it for my own mental health in that I had tried anything and everything to be noticed and helped.
There’s no contact with people you phone from within your car when you arrive and they either hang the kit on your mirror or post it through ur window. Xxxx