NHS staff getting LFTs

[anotherbrewplease]

We are supposed to be lateral flow testing twice a week, and the department I work in is rife with Covid (staff and patients) but every time I try and order online - it says they have run out of kits!

Not sure how to proceed..

I did try ringing Infection Control in our hospital, they said try 'procurement' and they said 'oh, we don't supply lateral flow tests - you have to get it through the government website'

No way am I going to pay for this.

Just wondered how all the other NHS workers are managing??

Last I heard in team meeting was "we have a management meeting next week but I'm trying to get my friend in a pharmacy to put some aside for us if they get them in" and an email from the higher ups saying to continue testing, distancing, masking etc... unless part of the teams piloting less distancing (on the same floor of the office as the distancing teams and it's open plan).

I'm a healthcare student - we're likely to be forgotten about completely and end up having to pay. Well we've been fucked over right the way through so my expectations are minimal.

In view of the fact that people are not testing positive on LFTs until a few days into symptoms, is there any point in all this asymptomatic testing🤔 we have loads of staff positive again in my trust but none seem to be showing positive til at least 3 days of being ill with this variant. 🤷