Pop-up LFD Collection Points in Highlands – 11 April to 14 April
Issued in partnership with NHS Highland
Packs of LFD tests will be distributed from several Highland locations from Monday 11 April to Thursday 14 April.
The Highland Council and NHS Highland have been working in partnership to increase availability of Lateral Flow Device (LFD) tests throughout the Highlands. Free packs of LFD tests have been made available to the public in several outdoor locations across the Highland region, with staff present to give guidance on how to take the test. The deployments have not been due to any particular outbreak in the areas visited.
After Thursday 14 April, The Highland Council and NHS Highland’s Community Testing Programme will no longer be providing free LFD tests to the general public.
In this final week, each collection point may close earlier than advertised if their allocation of test kits is handed out before the advertised closing time.
Packs of LFD tests for anyone without symptoms will be available to collect at the following locations:
Monday 11 April
- Kingussie Ardvonie Car Park 9:30am-12noon
- Aviemore Retail Park 1pm-3:30pm
- Invergordon Library 9am-12noon
- Alness High Street (Bank Lane) 1pm-4pm
Tuesday 12 April
- Beauly The Square 9am-12noon
- Conon Bridge High Street Car Park 1pm-4pm
- Dornoch Cathedral Square 9:30am-12noon
- Tain High Street (Service Point) 1pm-3:30pm
Wednesday 13 April
- Ullapool Tesco Car Park 9:30am-3pm
- Thurso High Street Car Park 10am-2:30pm
Thursday 14 April
- Portree Somerled Square 10am-2:30pm
- Golspie Fountain Road Car Park 10am-12noon
- Brora Gower Lane Car Park 1pm-3pm
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 should 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. If there are no delivery slots that suit, please try again later. This service will be available until Monday 18 April. From Monday 18 April, the advice to regularly take LFD tests will no longer be in place in Scotland, except for certain health and care settings.
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 has been offering 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 be arranged by visiting nhsinform.scot/testing or by calling 119.
The advice to take a PCR test if symptomatic will remain in place until Sunday 1 May, when all routine population-wide testing for COVID-19 in Scotland will cease, including for those with symptoms.