Updated: Monday 20 November 2023
- In England, people who are eligible for Covid-19 treatments are now able to collect free lateral flow tests from community pharmacies. This will replace the previous process of ordering tests online and via 119. More details are available on the NHS website.
- Someone else can collect free tests on your behalf. If you do not have a friend, relative or carer who can do this for you then you may be able to book a volunteer responder by calling 0808 196 3646.
- The Kidney Charities Together Group have published the Kidney Patients' Covid-19 Autumn Booster Guide 2023.
- The following groups are eligible for the autumn Covid-19 booster:
- Residents in care homes for older adults
- All adults aged 65 years and over
- People aged 6 months to 64 years in a clinical risk group, as defined in tables 3 and 4 of the Covid-19 chapter of the UKHSA Green Book on Immunisation
- Frontline health and social care workers.
- People aged 12 to 64 years who are household contacts of people with immunosuppression, as defined in the UKHSA Green Book
- People aged 16 to 64 years who are carers, as defined in the UKHSA Green Book, and staff working in care homes for older adults
- The way in which people can access the Covid-19 treatments has changed in England. More information is in the treatments section of our guidance.
- In Northern Ireland, since Monday 31 July, free lateral flow tests are no longer available to order online or via the 119 telephone line. Those eligible for Covid-19 treatments will remain eligible to collect free lateral flow tests via the “Pharmacy Collect” service from participating community pharmacies. Information on where to get lateral flow tests and how to report the results is available at NI Direct Coronavirus (Covid-19): testing and stay at home advice.
