While nobody likes going for a smear test, screenings are vital in preventing cervical cancer. Despite the fact cervical screenings save thousands of lives each year in the UK, though, uptake has ...

A leading pharmacist is warning against using old Covid tests from the pandemic - amid a rise in UK infections. Covid cases ...

Prof Kamila Hawthorne, the chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: “While the use of self-testing kits, including lateral flow tests, can have benefits for patient care, it’s vital that a ...

According to the NHS, one in three people with Covid-19 do not show symptoms but can still infect others, which is why taking a lateral flow test regularly – even when you’re vaccinated – is ...

The answer is - it depends on whether you used a free NHS test or on that you paid for. From April, most people in England are not eligible for free PCR or lateral flow tests (LFTs).

Boots Pharmacy is offering lateral flow test kits in more than 400 of its stores and online - from £2 for one single test and £9.80 for a pack of five. Well Pharmacy offer ready-to-fly lateral ...

Asymptomatic lateral flow testing will also continue for some in “high-risk settings” if Covid prevalence is high. This will include staff treating patients in NHS hospitals and independent ...

* NHS patients in hospital; via the established NHS testing programme Changes to Covid testing in England come into force this Friday (April 1). Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images.

It's not yet known how much tests will cost once they cease to be paid for by the NHS, but the Mirror has reported the government is seeking a "regulated market" where packs of seven lateral flow ...

It's not long now until free lateral flow tests (LFTs) will no longer be available on the NHS. The government announced that free LFTs will end on Friday April 1, unless you are over 75, or over ...

Free testing in England ends on April 1, 2022. Up until April 1, both lateral flow and PCR tests (for those eligible to order them) have been provided for free by the NHS.