Regular, rapid Covid-19 testing will help reduce transmissions as lockdown restrictions begin to ease. Those eligible can book, collect or order regular symptom-free tests:

Book an appointment at the nearest symptom-free testing site or pharmacy

Visit the online booking system

Phone: 020 8865 1952 (Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 6pm, Saturday, 9am to 5pm, local charges will apply)

Home-test kits cannot be collected from these sites. You can only pre-book an appointment to take a test on-site.

Pick up a symptom-free home-test from your nearest collection point

Some local testing sites are also collection points for symptom-free home-tests. You cannot collect home-test kits from our symptom-free Targeted Community Testing sites. Find the nearest collection site on the NHS site finder.

• You do not need to book an appointment;
• You can collect two packs of home-test kits, each containing seven tests; and
• You must be over 18 years old.

After completing each test, every result (positive, negative or void) must be reported to NHS Test and Trace, on the same day as the test. Report results online or call 119.

Order a symptom-free test to be delivered

Anyone who cannot get tests at their workplace, are unable to go to a test site or collect a test kit, can order a home-test kit from the GOV.UK website.

Getting results

Anyone who tests positive or gets coronavirus symptoms, should tell the school and:

• Self-isolate immediately;
• get a PCR test to confirm the result, booking on the GOV.UK website; and
• Follow the stay-at-home guidance for households with possible coronavirus infection

A negative result means the test did not find signs of coronavirus. But this does not guarantee you do not have coronavirus, so you should keep following all coronavirus advice including:

• Regular handwashing;
• Social distancing; and
• Wearing a face-covering where recommended.

For more information on symptom-free testing available in Surrey visit: surreycc.gov.uk/symptomfreecovidtesting

• Details on testing for households and bubbles of school pupils and of staff here: COVID-19 Testing for households and bubbles of school pupils and of staff – Surrey County Council (surreycc.gov.uk)
• On February 28 the government announced that households and bubbles with primary school, secondary school and college children, students and members of staff will be able to test themselves twice every week at home as schools return from March 8. All households with children of school age to get two rapid COVID-19 tests per person per week – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Targeted Community Testing is also running in Surrey which offers symptom-free tests at testing sites to anyone who must leave home to work and study.
• Lateral Flow Devices (LFDs) detect cases with high levels of virus, making them effective in finding individuals most likely to transmit the disease, including those not showing symptoms.
• Results are given within 30 minutes in most cases.