A headache has returned to the post-Covid journey guidelines: Day 2 PCR exams. This time, nevertheless, it comes with a contemporary ache – self-isolation till you obtain a adverse consequence.
Earlier than at present you merely wanted to guide the most affordable lateral circulate take a look at accessible (costs had fallen to as little as £1) and relaxation secure within the information that – even when the consequence by no means even arrived – you’d finished what was required. Now, nevertheless, the all-important issue is timing.
Those that can not earn a living from home, or who’re travelling with kids that must get again to high school, want snappy outcomes. They might not, nevertheless, wish to fork out tons of of kilos per individual to ensure a fast turnaround.
Check suppliers already appear to be sensible to this truth as the brand new guidelines for arrivals have come into impact (at 4am on November 30). In case your flight lands in good time to get to an airport take a look at centre by 8pm, that will be your greatest route to making sure quick outcomes. Must you arrive after this time, or very early within the morning, then a drive-through clinic is the most effective different.
In case you’re not working to a finances, and time may be very brief, then you can get an at house take a look at taken in London and count on outcomes inside as little as 4 hours.
Be warned: nevertheless, quick and low cost exams are in excessive demand. The cellphone line of 1 supplier we referred to as at present was choc-full – we entered at 115 within the queue. Guide early, the place doable.
Airport exams
Randox
- The place: Heathrow
- Quickest turnaround time: By 11.59 the day after your appointment
- How a lot: £55, with out low cost codes
- Opening instances: 7am-6.30pm
- Check cut-off time: By the final appointment
- Guide it: fly.randox.com
Cignpost ExpressTest
- The place? Greater than 20 take a look at centres, together with at airports and drive-through
- Quickest turnaround time? By 10pm the day after your take a look at
- How a lot? From £69
- Opening instances? Varies between centres, often closed by 8pm
- Check cut-off time? Goals to offer outcomes by 10pm subsequent day, no matter what time it was taken
- Guide it: expresstest.co.uk
NPH Group
- The place? Newcastle/Leeds Bradford
- Quickest turnaround time? By 11.59 the day after your appointment
- How a lot? From £95
- Opening instances? Varies, usually 8am-8pm
- Check cut-off time? N/A
- Guide it: nph-group.co.uk
In clinic, London
DocTap
- The place? Seven locations throughout London.
- Turnaround time? By 2am that evening for ‘same-day’ service; by midnight the next day for ‘subsequent time’ choice.
- How a lot? Identical day from £99 (St John’s Wooden and London Bridge £109), subsequent day from £59 (most appointments listed had been £69-£74).
- Opening instances? Occasions range between clinics, however the final accessible throughout all clinics is 3pm
- Check cut-off time for identical day outcomes? 3pm
- Guide it: doctap.co.uk
In clinic, London and elsewhere
Corona Check Centre
- The place? 11 clinics, together with London, Surrey, Manchester, Bristol, Newcastle (be aware that same-day exams are usually not but accessible in Manchester and Bristol).
- Turnaround time? By 23.59 for identical day; or 6pm for subsequent day
- How a lot? £99 for identical day; £59 for subsequent day
- Opening instances? Varies relying on clinic
- Check cut-off time for identical day outcomes? 2/3pm
- Guide it: coronatestcentre.com
The Regenerative Clinic
- The place? 12 clinics throughout England
- Turnaround time? By midnight identical day
- How a lot? £99
- Opening instances? Round 8am-8pm
- Check cut-off instances for identical day outcomes? By final appointment
- Guide it: theregenerativeclinic.co.uk
Drive-through, London and elsewhere
Eurofins
- The place? Eurofins gives varied testing companies, however its quickest are the drive-through centres at Heathrow and Edinburgh/Livingston
- Turnaround time? Eurofins goals for 12-24 hours for the take a look at to be accomplished
- How a lot? £39.90 at these two centres
- Opening instances? Heathrow centre 7am-6pm (varies over the Christmas interval); Edinburgh/Livingston centre 8.15am-6.30pm Mon-Solar (varies over the Christmas interval)
- Check lower off time for identical day outcomes? N/A
- Guide it: traveltesting.eurofins.co.uk
At house, courier service
Qured
- The place? Accessible throughout the M25; At house, the take a look at is self-administered, a courier will wait whilst you take the take a look at
- Turnaround time? 36 hours (the courier will ship the take a look at to the lab inside 12 hours, the lab will course of the consequence inside 24 hours)
- How a lot? £64 for the take a look at; £29 for the courier service for the primary take a look at, £7 for every extra take a look at collected by the courier
- Opening instances? Subsequent-day supply (and pick-up), have to be booked by 6pm; delivered between 10am-2pm
- Check lower off time? N/A
- Guide it: qured.com
Superfast turnaround, inside London
The Mayfair GP
- The place? At house, visits accessible round Mayfair, Chelsea and Marylebone
- Turnaround time? 4 hours
- How a lot? £499 per individual; reductions for group bookings of 10 or extra folks
- Opening instances? N/A
- Check lower off time? By 2pm that day
- Guide it: themayfairgp.com
