Covid 19 Testing

At a time when we are seeing COVID-19 cases start to increase, a Covid 19 testing service along with the COVID-19 vaccination service, demonstrates yet again what a key part of the NHS community pharmacies are.

A recent advanced service to supply eligible patients with COVID-19 Lateral Flow Device (LFD) test kits has been launched which allows eligible patients who have Covid 19 risk factors to obtain LFD test kits from participating community pharmacies.

Access to LFD test kits allows eligible patients to self-test if they have symptoms which suggest they may have COVID-19, with the potential for them to access treatment if the result is positive.

The service is similar to the previous LFD Pharmacy Collect service, so with the resources provided for pharmacy owners it is straightforward for pharmacy teams to get up and running with the service if the pharmacy owner chooses to provide it.

At a time when we are seeing COVID-19 cases start to increase, this service along with the COVID-19 vaccination service, demonstrates yet again what a key part of the NHS community pharmacies are. There is lots of free resources and information on Numarknet with regards to Covid 19 testing, Running a testing service and even running a vaccination service which can be found at the following link. Numark Covid

Patients can also privately request to purchase Covid-19 test kits to do at home. There are a variety of test kits available usually referred to as a Lateral Flow Test (LFT) or Rapid Antigen Test. They can even buy combined tests that test for Covid-19 and Inluenza at the same time if they are showing symptoms as many of the symptoms are similar.