Pop-up LFD Collection Points in Highlands – 4 April to 8 April
Issued in partnership with NHS Highland
Packs of LFD tests will be distributed from several Highland locations from Monday 4 April to Friday 8 April.
The Highland Council and NHS Highland are working in partnership to increase availability of Lateral Flow Device (LFD) tests throughout the Highlands. Free packs of LFD tests will be made available to the public in several outdoor locations across the Highland region, to be taken away and used at home. Staff will be present to give guidance on how to take the test. The deployment is not due to any particular outbreak in these areas.
Packs of LFD tests for anyone without symptoms will be available to collect at the following locations:
Monday 4 April
- Inverness Retail Park (Tesco Car Park) 9:30am-4pm
- Inverness Inshes Retail Park (Tesco Car Park) 9:30am-4pm
Tuesday 5 April
- Nairn High Street (Outside Museum) 9am-4pm
- Alness High Street (Bank Lane) 9am-12noon
- Invergordon Library 1pm-3:30pm
Wednesday 6 April
- Inverness Telford Retail Park (B&M Car Park) 9:30am-12noon
- Inverness Retail Park (Tesco Car Park) 1pm-4pm
- Conon Bridge High Street Car Park 9:30am-12noon
- Dingwall High Street (Outside Museum) 1pm-3:30pm
Thursday 7 April
- Thurso High Street Car Park 10am-3pm
- Inverness Slackbuie ASDA Car Park 9:30am-4pm
Friday 8 April
- Dornoch Cathedral Square 9am-12noon
- Tain High Street Service Point 1pm-3:30pm
- Ullapool Tesco Car Park 9:30am-3:30pm
Lateral Flow Device (LFD) tests are easy to administer. By taking one regularly, we can help our community, families and friends stay safe and slow down the spread of coronavirus. Tracking down cases of the virus earlier will limit the spread of new variants.
When doing your test at home, it’s very important that you report your LFD test result so your contacts can be traced. This helps to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the community. To report your result, visit gov.uk/report-covid19-result.
If you receive a positive LFD test result, you must report your result and self-isolate immediately.
Free LFD tests for people without COVID-19 symptoms can also be sent to your home, by visiting nhsinform.scot/testing, or by calling 119. This service will be available until Monday 18 April.
LFD tests are already provided in some workplaces, including schools. If you do already get tested through your workplace or education setting you should continue to use those routes for as long as they are available.
The Highland Council and NHS Highland’s Community Testing Programme offers rapid COVID-19 tests for people without symptoms, through the use of mobile testing sites and outreach events. If you do have symptoms, you should self-isolate immediately and seek a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test. Symptoms include new continuous cough, fever, or loss of, or change in, sense of smell or taste.
PCR tests for people with COVID-19 symptoms can also be arranged by visiting nhsinform.scot/testing or by calling 119.