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PCR Home Test

48 replies

ChuckMater · 11/10/2021 10:52

How long are home tests taking to be delivered and how long are results taking at the moment?

We ordered a PCR for me and DS1 last night.

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NobbyButtons · 11/10/2021 11:01

When I have ordered them before they've arrived the next day and the results came about two days after posting.

Although the most recent tests I ordered had no return address labels so were useless....

ChuckMater · 11/10/2021 11:49

Ooh fingers crossed they come today then! Although it was quite late last night so probably not.

How annoying! Did you have to reorder?

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ParkheadParadise · 11/10/2021 11:52

I ordered on Thursday afternoon test arrived on Friday posted back on Friday. Got the results at 1pm Saturday.

ChuckMater · 11/10/2021 11:54

That's great parkhead I'm hoping for a quick turn although even if its negative, we won't be going anywhere for a while whilst I'm feeling like this 🤮

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Mablefly · 11/10/2021 12:48

Ordered Wednesday am. Delivered Thursday am. Results Friday 6pm

FlatteredFool · 11/10/2021 12:51

I ordered about 5pm yesterday and it arrived this morning.

Vallmo47 · 11/10/2021 12:53

Postal ones take a bit longer but in my personal experience it took about 2 days. We lucked out with the first positive, that only took 27 hours. The other results took a bit longer. It’s all over the place! Good luck and feel better soon!

ChessieFL · 11/10/2021 12:55

Ordered one Tuesday afternoon, arrived Friday morning. Posted it back Saturday morning, still waiting for result.

claireymrsd · 11/10/2021 12:55

I ordered on a Tuesday morning, arrived Wednesday- posted back that day, results received Friday morning.
That was back in August though.

ChessieFL · 11/10/2021 12:55

Sorry, should say ordered Thursday afternoon not Tuesday!

ChuckMater · 11/10/2021 15:28

Interesting, thank you. We ordered around 10pm last night so hopefully it arrives tomorrow morning and we get results Wednesday 🤞 we're both feeling a bit better this afternoon so hopefully its just a bug.

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pintsizeprincess · 11/10/2021 15:48

Ours arrived next day. The results took a bit longer than the last time we did them. I posted them off 9.30 Thursday morning last week and results came through 7pm Saturday evening .

SleepymummyZzz · 11/10/2021 15:59

Posted mine Friday still waiting…

ChuckMater · 12/10/2021 13:59

We ordered Sunday night and arrived this morning. Posted back at lunch time so hopefully results tomorrow or Thursday

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EekThreek · 12/10/2021 14:07

Last week we ordered Wednesday, they arrived Thursday. Tested and posted back in Thursday's post, results arrived Friday night/into Saturday small hours.

Ordered another one yesterday for DD, again arrived this morning and have already tested and posted back. So I'm hoping we'll know tomorrow again.

Siriisatwat · 12/10/2021 14:11

next day, and two days for results. That’s been posting them on a sunday in a priority box.

Siriisatwat · 12/10/2021 14:13

Just posting one for dh today when I do the school run (ordered it 5pm last night, it arrived sometime this morning), so we’ll see if it’s faster on a weekday.

ChessieFL · 12/10/2021 14:25

Still waiting for results from mine posted on Saturday!

blissfulllife · 12/10/2021 14:34

Ordered Thursday morning, arrived Friday, sent back straight away. Results came Sunday night

dinosaursgorawrrr · 12/10/2021 14:42

Ordered last Tuesday morning, turned up Wednesday afternoon. Posted back 2pm Wednesday results started coming in 8pm Friday with my sons results at 9:30pm.

ChuckMater · 12/10/2021 18:25

Looks as though 2 days as a standard then! Fingers crossed not much longer for yours chessie

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ChuckMater · 13/10/2021 13:44

How long does 2 days feel when your waiting for results 😂😩

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ChessieFL · 13/10/2021 15:56

Still waiting! I will ring the NHS helpline tomorrow if I don’t hear today. Unfortunately I forgot to take note of the return label barcode so I can’t use the Royal Mail tracking.

Siriisatwat · 13/10/2021 19:22

Put dh in the priority post box at 3pm yesterday, he got his result about ten mins ago (negative).

That’s our fastest postal one yet.

ChuckMater · 13/10/2021 21:54

Ds result cane through tonight at 830pm while at a&e! Still waiting for mine...

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