How long did it take to receive your COVID test result?

[sagarich]

My 16 month old son had a test last Monday (12/10/20), high temp for 48 hours and has underlying health conditions (he’s now fine, couple of hours after test).

Unfortunately we’re still awaiting a result... called 119 after 72 hours, told we need to call back after 5 days. So, we did. It’s now been escalated to an investigation team... that will come back to us within 48 hours.

My 4 year old can’t go back to school until we provide proof of negative result... but we’re getting nowhere with the call centre. I know they are under huge loads, but just trying to gauge if it’s an isolated incident or and issue for more.

We’re based in Hampshire, if it helps.

Edited by sagarich on Monday 19th October 07:06

[V88Dicky]

Hope your little lad recovers soon.

But to be fair, a 16 month old with Covid19 is incredibly rare, like one in a (multi) million....

All the best

[sagarich]

V88Dicky said:

Hope your little lad recovers soon.

But to be fair, a 16 month old with Covid19 is incredibly rare, like one in a (multi) million....

All the best

These were also our thoughts, but with our families recent run of bad luck and also his high exposure to a ward for blood transfusions, we thought we better get it checked.

[egor110]

My mrs works in a nursing home so gets tested weekly and can be anything from 2 days to 5 before she gets her results .

[Ewor]

I got my anti body results within 5 days after a blood test as a non NHS person. . My wife is still waiting for her results for the same test after 2 weeks - she is a GP!

[xcesx]

Hi, I had a test a few months ago and I received the results in about 30 hours. Basically had the test at 17:00 Thursday and received an email at 23:00 on the Friday night.

[lauda]

I’m in Hampshire too. My daughter had a test first thing on Monday this week and we had the results before we went to bed that night.

Hope you get yours through soon.

[C.A.R.]

Tested 6 weeks ago, result by email just over 24 hours later.

I did notice it was very difficult to even book a test a couple of weeks ago, such is the increase in demand. Seems to have coincided with schools returning, which is madness given the reduced risk to that age group.

[i4got]

Have a test booked (Hampshire) tomorrow morning 11am. Be interesting to see how the turnaround time compares.

[shakindog]

My last one in South Yorkshire about 3 months ago turn around was about 24 hours.
Just had another at the hospital in West Yorkshire today so hopefully that will be as fast or faster as won’t give me treatment till they’ve ruled covid out despite a possible blood clot on my lung.
Either way hopefully it’s rapid so can get sorted

[vulture1]

Ewor said:

I got my anti body results within 5 days after a blood test as a non NHS person. . My wife is still waiting for her results for the same test after 2 weeks - she is a GP!

How and where did you get an antibody test as a non nhs?

[Frank7]

I was due a cataract op, and the test kit was brought to my house 72 hours before I was due to attend the hospital.
The guy waited for it, but in my rush to fill the paperwork in, to save him waiting an unnecessarily long time, I did something wrong, (wrote my D.O.B. where my NHS # should have gone, or something), so when I turned up at the hospital for the op, they wanted to do another test.
They swabbed my mouth and nose at 09.30, and gave me the all clear to go to ophthalmology at 13.30, it was all over, and my wife picked me up at 16.45.

[klootzak]

Had one at the end of August and got the result within 24 hours.

This was in NZ though.

k

[Pan Pan Pan]

I got involved with the ONS covid survey, where they test you at agreed regular intervals, but you don't get any results, as they work on the basis of, `if you don't hear from us, then you have not got CV19, but we will be in touch with you very quickly if a test comes up positive'
Seems to work quite well.

[anonymous-user]

24.5 hrs

[shakindog]

shakindog said:

My last one in South Yorkshire about 3 months ago turn around was about 24 hours.
Just had another at the hospital in West Yorkshire today so hopefully that will be as fast or faster as won’t give me treatment till they’ve ruled covid out despite a possible blood clot on my lung.
Either way hopefully it’s rapid so can get sorted

Got my results this morning at 10:30 had test approximately 17:00 yesterday.
Very fast turn around colour me impressed

[stevep944]

Drive through test 10.30am Saturday, received result midday yesterday (Sunday). Very impressed.

[mcelliott]

My wife had her test results back in 8hrs in guernsey.

[dandarez]

Sounds like the usual postcode lottery UK.

Seems the whole thing continues to be a farce. Of those travelling (pointlessly) to get a test (but didn't) what about the assessment of risk getting there? Risk is everywhere, every minute, every hour, every day. I wonder what the real figure for lives being lost not from covid but because of covid?

[gruffalo]

My daughter went to a walk in testing centre earlier this week and the results took about 36hrs for a positive result, she is not shut in her flat in the halls of residence alos with the 6 other students who live there.