Last week, Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps confirmed new changes set to make the UK's travel system more "straightforward". From "the end of October", passengers who are fully vaccinated ...

Most people in England will now have to pay for lateral flow tests to check whether they have coronavirus, as the government has stopped providing free NHS tests to the general population. If you have ...

Lateral flow tests, or antigen tests, are the rapid tests which tell people whether or not they have coronavirus. People faced problems getting hold of the tests last week after a huge surge in demand ...

Last week it was reported that people all over the country were struggling to get hold of lateral flow tests after a huge surge in demand prompted the Government website to say they were “not ...

Families are going from pharmacy to pharmacy demanding multiple packs of free lateral flow tests as Boots cashed in on the shortages and began selling swabs for £5.99 each online today. Due to the ...

Coronavirus headlines December 13 - PM announces first death from Omicron, NHS lateral flow shortage & more Daily testing for anyone double-jabbed who comes into contact with a coronavirus case will ...

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NHS workers must be given priority for accessing lateral flow Covid-19 tests, professional health bodies say. The British Medical Association and Royal College of Nursing said health staff should come ...

A travel test company is offering holidaymakers PCR tests at more than twice the price of cheap rapid lateral flow swabs after running out of them for half term. Testing for All, one of the Government ...

NHS staff in Wales are not receiving the regular lateral flow tests they were promised, according to staff and the British Medical Association (BMA). The Welsh health minister last year announced "a ...

The British Medical Association and Royal College of Nursing said health staff should come first for the rapid tests to ease staffing issues. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said ministers expect they ...