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.

[Paranoidmarvin]

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

[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.

[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]

@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]

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.