If you’ve had a test in the last few days

[Lockdownseperation]

How long did your results take? I’m wondering if labs being at full capacity means the results are taking longer to come through.

[HardStare]

Yes, I am very lucky. The other walk-in centres would require taxi or 2-3 transport trips which is utter crap if you are broke or contagious. We are remote and nearest centres are 10 miles, nowhere nearer. How non-drivers are meant to manage - God knows, to use postal adds on time for arrival, sending it back and testing. Drive through meant 3 days off school. Postal would have meant 5-6 days.
That's if they receive one - many reports of postal tests being unavailable atm and iirc you need to be tested within 4 days of symptoms starting. I can understand why many will end up ignoring symptoms or lying - I was in a position to be able to do everything by the book - others won't be. I am also not sure whether everyone is operating on the same playing field/with rigour in any case - some childminders/schools are insisting on negative testing, others are going on parents' say so. As others have said, it's going to be a very long term.

[Frazzled2207]

@HardStare
Not too bad then I suppose as long as you could drive there.
We have a drive through very closeby but lots of the local population don’t drive. Very short sighted to not allow walk-ins there.

[HardStare]

9 miles away frazzled - Had to stay on line in a hold queue from 8pm for 30 minutes to get the appointment. Earlier in day, no appointments, nearest centre would have been in Wales.

[Frazzled2207]

Those of you who had a test this week did you actually manage to get one fairly locally or have you all driven to the other side of the country.
Wondering how serious the reported issues are.

[Paranoidmarvin]

Had a test yesterday at 3.30. Got the results at 8.30 this morning.

[Notcoolmum]

@TinySleepThief by text. Nothing came through on email
We were tested at 1130am Tuesday and got results at 6am Thursday.

[TinySleepThief]

We finally got ours back about an hour ago which was right on the cusp of the 48 hour window they gave us.

[Frazzled2207]

the attached graphic is possibly useful. Suggests that last week (obviously this week is different) roughly 60 or 70 % were getting results in 24 hours if you were getting tested at a "regional" or "mobile" testing site.

[Ellsbells12]

30 hours

[Rinoachicken]

Postal test sent Monday morning not heard anything yet

[Comefromaway]

My daughter's friend tested Monday got result yesterday (if it had been positive then dd would have had to isolate for 14 days)

[strawberriesunited]

Monday 8pm in manchester got results wednesday 12pm

[ScarletZebra]

DD tested at 9.30am yesterday got the results at 7pm.

[Frazzled2207]

Mine was before the most recent surge but was 22h- got a text and email at the same time

[lunar1]

They received my postal test yesterday at 8am, still waiting for results.

[VirginiaWolverine]

Just got mine back - ordered Friday morning, taken and posted back on Monday afternoon, results Thursday afternoon.

[EDSGFC]

I've just received my results, via text and email from a test I sent off early Monday morning, so 72 hours. My husband is still waiting

[TinySleepThief]

@Notcoolmum

I got mine this morning. So less than 30 hours after taking the test on Tuesday.

Did you get them by text or email? I'm waiting on results for 3 tests taken on Tuesday and was hoping to wake up to at least 1 result but so far I've had nothing for any of them. I was presuming the results are more likely to arrive by text but they also took email addresses so juat wanted to double check where is best to look.

[Notcoolmum]

I got mine this morning. So less than 30 hours after taking the test on Tuesday.

[xbambi]

My sister is awaiting her results - posted by 5pm Friday and still nothing. We are in the North East.

[TheOrchidKiller]

@FreeButtonBee

I am doing the vaccine trial so swab weekly. Did it on Friday and have only just got the results back so they are defo backed up.

Same here. Waited 6 days for last test results! I wonder if we get put to the bottom of the pile because we are asymptomatic & in the vaccine trial?
Still a silly time to wait- especially if we end up being positive as that's days of potential virus spreading. I have just sent off this week's & complained on the "what do you think of our test system" survey.

[notso]

Test slot was 11.30-12 on Monday, results back at 13.58 today. Thankfully negative.

[Baboutheocelot]

Tested yesterday morning, got the results this afternoon.

[Notcoolmum]

Tested in NW yesterday morning. Hoping to get results by Friday. They said 24-48 hours at the centre but maybe there weren't aware of the capacity issues?

[PaddyF0dder]

Tested at the Glasgow airport testing centre at 0830 on Friday morning.

Results came through at 1900 on Friday evening.