Those of you who have been told you are eligible for Covid treatments, should you test positive for Covid, should have received a recent NHS notification from Sir Stephen Powis about changes to how this treatment will be obtained;

Key points are:

• This change takes effect from June 27^th 2023
• From this date, you will no longer be automatically contacted by NHS when you register a positive Covid Test on the NHS website
• Instead, you should contact either
  • your GP
  • 111
  • or your hospital specialist

so that they can consider referring you for an assessment for treatment.

• You should keep lateral flow tests at home but only use them if you get symptoms. If you do not have any tests, you can order tests free of charge from https://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-rapid-lateral-flow-tests or by calling 119.
• From 1 October 2023, the way you access tests may change. You will be able to check https://www.nhs.uk/CoronavirusTreatments for more information closer to the time. (Please note, the information on this website link will be changed after June 27th)

You can also now use tests purchased from a pharmacy or shop.