Testing Programme – quick links

Contains online links for booking a test for coronavirus and other guidance and support on testing for:

• care homes and adult social care and
• NHS staff
• Other groups still permitted to access testing, including those at highest risk of being seriously ill from COVID-19 and patients being tested prior to admission for planned surgery/treatment

National Testing Programme:

• Gov.uk national testing programme booking portal - getting-tested (opens in a new window)

• Testing Frequently Asked Questions (opens in a new window)

Guidance and support with testing at home

• Testing for coronavirus at home (opens in a new window)

• Register a home test kit (opens in a new window)

• Check where your nearest priority post-box is (opens in a new window)
• RNIB request COVID-19 test kit instructions (opens in a new window)

• Access to all coronavirus (COVID-19) testing (opens in a new window)

• Regular rapid coronavirus tests if you do not have symptoms (opens in a new window)

• Report your result online or by telephone (call 119) (opens in a new window)

• Covid-19 self-test help for using lateral flow device test kits at home (opens in a new window)
• Testing for coronavirus before a hospital appointment/procedure (opens in a new window)
• Supporting guidance for pre-hospital test for COVID-19 (opens in a new window)

• COVID-19 PCR home test kit instructions (opens in a new window)

• NHS COVID Pass (opens in a new window)

Guidance and support with testing in care homes and adult social care

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): lateral flow testing in adult social care settings (opens in a new window)

• Coronavirus (Covid-19) test kits for children's homes (opens in a new window)

• Restriction workforce movement between care homes and other care settings (opens in a new window)

• YouTube Test Tutorial for Care Homes with Dr Sarah Jarvis (opens in a new window)

• Overview and summary of COVID-19 testing for all adult social care settings (opens in a new window)

• Coronavirus (COVID-19); guidance for children's social care services (opens in a new window)

Guidance and support for NHS/healthcare services

• How NHS staff get tested for COVID-19 (opens in a new window) 
• Testing for coronavirus before hospital (opens in a new window)
• Asymptomatic testing for patient-facing staff in NHS Trusts (opens in a new window)
• Asymptomatic staff testing for primary care staff (opens in a new window)
• Supporting guidance for pre-hospital test for COVID-19 (opens in a new window)

• Guidance on stepdown of infection control precautions and discharging of COVID-19 patients to home settings (opens in a new window)

• Management of exposed healthcare workers and patients in hospital settings (opens in a new window)

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing for hospices (opens in a new window)

• A testing service for Independent Health Providers in England (opens in a new window)

• Recording LFD test results using the HiPRES app 

Guidance and support for testing and travel

• List of private providers of coronavirus testing for international travel and the Test to Release Scheme (opens in a new window)

• Travel advice for British nationals travelling abroad: coronavirus (COVID-19) [Opens in a new window]

• Global Travel Taskforce sets our framework to safely reopen international travel (opens in a new window)

• Get a coronavirus (COVID-19) test if you're an HGV or van driver (opens in a new window)

• Road haulier testing and advice site locations (opens in a new window)

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): safer practice for international hauliers (opens in a new window)

• COVID-19 - International Cruise Ship Travel (opens in a new window)

Antibody tests

• Coronavirus (Covid-19): antibody testing programme (opens in a new window)
• Coronavirus antibody testing home test kit: taking a blood sample (opens in a new window)
• Coronavirus antibody test kit: guides in different languages (opens in a new window)

Other useful testing guidance links

• Coronavirus (Covid-19): testing guidance for employers (opens in a new window)
• NHS COVID-19 app (opens in a new window)
• NHS Test and Trace app privacy information (opens in a new window)
• Unique Organisation Number and multiple registration guidance (opens in a new window)
• https://www.gov.uk/get-workplace-coronavirus-tests (opens in a new window)

• Surge testing for new coronavirus (COVID-19) variants (opens in a new window)

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): courts and tribunals planning and preparation (opens in a new window)

• Managing lateral flow device (LFD) testing waste (opens in a new window)