just pondering....suppose you need a test but don't drive.......?

[PetuniaClark]

what do you do? Saw all the news bulletins yesterday with people having to drive miles to get a test because there aren't enough centres....
If I'm feeling ill then noone will want to give me a lift 😀

you can get them in the post

Get a home test. People who are very ill won't be driving either.

There are walk in testing sites also.

Fil got a taxi (that sounds awful but we were away at the time).

Via post. It's all on the gov.uk website...

There are walk in centres around me. One that pops up all round the council area on different days & a permanent one in the centre. We are a hot spot though.. just out of local lockdown..

Home Test or wall through testing centre if there’s one local to you (there are plans for more of the latter).

@Hospitalvisit - that doesn't just "sound" awful, it is disgustingly selfish behaviour, I hope for the taxi driver's sake he was negative. What was so urgent that your FIL couldn't wait a couple of days for a home test?

With the postal ones though now there are designated post boxes to put them in. I was feeling too ill to drive to one, so didn’t use the test! The previous postal one, someone came and collected it.

My FIL had to have a test before a hospital procedure. He doesn't drive and they told him he had to get a taxi. They did not offer a home test as I think the results are not reliable enough

Reading through the posts, all I can say is I'm glad I'm not a taxi driver. Hope they were told before they'll have a potential Covid case in his (family) car

Asymptomatic people being screened before a planned hospital admission or procedure can go in a taxi, because there is no indication they have Covid.

People being tested because they have symptoms absolutely should not be in a taxi.

I was wondering about this. I don't drive and I'm in the Highlands. How would I send my home test away if I'm miles from a postbox and / or feeling ill?

Theres a walk in testing centre here, however it is the other side of the city to us so we wouldnt be abke to get there.

I went to a walk in site yesterday. But had to drive to get there.

@Rosalisa - ask your local covid support group (covidmutualaid.org/) or your local council (search the council name and covid support) to collect and drop it off for you.

I don't know why everyone has forgotten support systems were put in place back in early April. They're still there! Maybe they should be advertised again.

You can’t get a taxi to the drive-in centres, you have to go in your own/household’s car and tell them the registration number when you book the test.

How would I send my home test away if I'm miles from a postbox and / or feeling ill?

They will send a courier to pick it up if you can’t get to a post box. There’s a number to call in the booklet they send out with the test.

@Rosalisa

I was wondering about this. I don't drive and I'm in the Highlands. How would I send my home test away if I'm miles from a postbox and / or feeling ill?

Says here that a courier picks it up for you the next day www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-getting-tested/pages/arrange-a-test/

Thanks MRex

Oops. And others!