'This is an absolute shambles': Families share their struggles to get COVID-19 tests

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People from throughout the nation have shared their struggles to get a COVID-19 test.

Secret employees and moms and dads of young kids have actually informed Sky News they have been asked to travel numerous miles to get a test – or been forced to stay at house due to a lack of testing capacity.

Centres throughout the UK have been turning people away after a backlog at laboratories caused screening to come to a halt

Claire

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Dr Claire Sillitoe was required to remain in the house yesterday after having a hard time to get a test

GP needed to “cheat the system to see patients once again”

Dr Claire Sillitoe, a GP working in southwest London, needed to cancel face-to-face appointments with patients on Monday after failing to get a test over the weekend.

Her other half, who is likewise a GP, was forced to do the exact same.

Claire was only able to conduct remote assessments and also needed to cancel visits.

In the end she had to “cheat the system” by using a Scottish postal code to get a consultation in Aberdeen and then taking the QR code it created to her nearby centre.

She stated: “The most frustrating thing is yesterday GPs were told by the NHS we are slacking and weren’t seeing adequate clients face-to-face.

Thankfully the test came back within 24 hours, clearing the family to return to work and school on Tuesday.

Amy

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Amy Ferguson from Southampton struggled to reserve a test for her spouse

” The whole thing is a total lotto”

Amy Ferguson, from Southampton, invested 24 hours over the weekend attempting to get a test for her spouse who is an authorities officer.

” Ultimately the alternative for a postal test came up and this gotten here yesterday.

She added: “My pal managed to get a test in Portsmouth.

Linda

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Carer Linda Shipley told Sky News tests results for staff had actually been delayed

” This has actually been an enormous fail”

Care worker Linda Shipley told Sky News that test results for staff at the house in which she works had actually been postponed, leading to security fears.

The 57- year-old, from Malton in North Yorkshire, stated: “We check as soon as a week however I’ve been waiting given that last Tuesday for my results and still not got them.

” We want the best to safeguard us and our locals.

Hasina

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Hasina Miah wishes to get her kids back to school

” I feel disgusted at the system”

Self-employed Hasina Miah, 33, from Bolton has been trying to get tests for her six-year-old son and eight-year-old child since Sunday night.

” They will have to isolate for 14 days if this test doesn’t get done.

Provided a test 546 miles away

Khilen Rughani, 36, from Hatch End, northwest London, was forced to shell out ₤110 on a personal test for his five-year-old boy who established a cough over the weekend.



Workers collect completed COVID-19 tests at a drive-in testing centre in Bolton, northern England on September 9, 2020, as local lockdown restrictions are put in place due to a spike in cases of the novel coronavirus in the city. - The UK government, which controls health policy in England, imposed tougher restrictions on Bolton, near the northwest city of Manchester, after a



The UK’s growing COVID-19 testing crisis

” I am still waiting on a result”

Lee Mason from Dundee informed Sky News he fell ill late on Friday, and by Sunday morning his temperature was 38.5 C.

He said: “I called the COVID helpline and tried to book a test online and it stated there only house tests available, then once I completed the online application it got to the end and stated ‘sorry not readily available’.

” I spoke with the COVID team on the phone and got a test scheduled.

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