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Anybody currently waiting on a test result?

197 replies

orangejuicer · 24/10/2020 16:21

I went to a drive thru test centre yesterday so I'm home and self isolating until I get the results.

Anybody else?

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girlsyearapart · 26/10/2020 18:55

Well Boots claim they can return results in 12 minutes!

christinarossetti19 · 26/10/2020 19:13

The Boots tests aren't rolled out yet.

How does 97% accuracy compare with NHS/Serco/Deliotte ones, does anyone know?

ChoccyJules · 26/10/2020 19:55

Negative. Came back in 26 hours, had test in drive-through. So pleased for the kids as it’s halfterm.

RevIMJolly · 26/10/2020 21:16

I’m about to give up 🙄 75 hours! Just because I caught DS’s cold.

(Not really, but cheesed off)

curlyLJ · 26/10/2020 22:23

We finally got a result yesterday after 128 hours! 

@dollychopss it was an admin error that caused the delay.

I would urge people to chase if no result received - it turned out that ours went wrong because somehow the actual test barcode and my DDs QR code hadn't married up correctly.
Once we spoke to someone who knew what they were talking about (2nd attempt) we had the result in less than a minute once he connected the 2 codes Hmm

christinarossetti19 · 26/10/2020 23:22

That's useful to know curlyLJ. I'll call if I haven't heard by tomorrow afternoon.

Hardbackwriter · 27/10/2020 06:10

Huzzah, DS's negative test result came through at 4am this morning - 68 hours. We can go to the beach! All the best to those still waiting, and particularly to those who have got positives - hoping you have a swift recovery.

shalalala · 27/10/2020 07:42

39 hours for us (negative) in Surrey

shalalala · 27/10/2020 07:43

@shalalala

39 hours for us (negative) in Surrey
Miscalculated! 45 hours!
Peridot1 · 27/10/2020 08:12

36 hours here in Somerset for me. Negative thankfully.

Which is good as we are doing first part of a two stage house move from tomorrow. Was going to be a bit of a nightmare otherwise!

RevIMJolly · 27/10/2020 08:15

87 hours and still waiting.

christinarossetti19 · 27/10/2020 08:49

Mine came through this morning. Negative. 2.5 days.

I would give the 119 number a ring RevIMJolly given what pps have said about admin errors and delays.

Hope that you receive your result soon.

Pl242 · 27/10/2020 08:52

Has anybody had experience of results coming back at different times for people of same household tested at the same time? All of us got tested at 3.30pm on Sunday. DH result (negative) came back last night at 9.30pm but awaiting results for myself and our two children.

FlyLight · 27/10/2020 09:08

Came through 6am, positive. Gah.

christinarossetti19 · 27/10/2020 09:23

I'm sorry FlyLight. Hope that you're not too unwell with it.

ShowOfHands · 27/10/2020 10:25

@Giganticshark

I know it's only a few days but we're an active family, it's driven us mad staying in this weekend. Making up for it now haha.
We are on day 19 of 28.

I could cry. I want to go for a run/cycle/walk. TWENTY EIGHT DAYS. Only 9 to go

snailhunter · 27/10/2020 14:30

Coming up to 48 hours waiting here from DS’s test in a drive in. So utterly depressed as we are supposed to be going to the coast on Thurs. I can totally see now why people don’t comply. I am on the verge of just saying fuck this.

MoirasRoses · 27/10/2020 15:07

I got my results in 13 hours yesterday, I was astonished! Test at 11am. Results at midnight! Negative ..

MoirasRoses · 27/10/2020 15:08

*West Yorkshire.

girlsyearapart · 27/10/2020 15:24

@ShowOfHands how come so long ?

Pl242 · 27/10/2020 16:42

Now over 48 hours here and only 1 out of the 4 family results back, thankfully negative. Can’t believe we aren’t “allowed” to chase up until we’ve been waiting for 5 days 🤷‍♀️ Getting annoyed. Shaping up to be a very rubbish half term.

RevIMJolly · 27/10/2020 17:29

It has now been 4 days. I've managed to lose the bar code, so I'm not sure that I can even check the reults...

christinarossetti19 · 27/10/2020 18:20

It would be worth calling RevIMJolly. Your name and dob might be enough.

ireallyamthewalrus · 27/10/2020 19:01

I have two family members waiting for results. Does anyone know if the emails/texts can arrive at anytime of the day or night or are they not sent overnight?

nancy75 · 27/10/2020 19:12

ireallyamthewalrus I had a test on Sunday morning & got an email with the result yesterday at 2.35am - the text came at 6am