Crazy that primary care has been totally bypassed in all this. GPs can't do a test or even arrange one. You have to do it yourself via 111 or 119. Would be easy for anyone seeing a GP or nurse/HCA at their local clinic to be automatically tested.
Instead we have lots of people stood around all day doing little at testing centres like Manchester Airport. Not everyone who needs a test has access to a car anyway.
Primary Care have a good idea what is going on in their local community, not some anonymous call centre.
I waited 5 days for a postal test to arrive- it came via Amazon & they sent two kits instead of one. The GP (with PPE) could have done it on the spot.
At Hong Kong Airport all arrivals are tested & results come in 3-8 hours before you leave the airport. Here, no-one is tested at airport arrivals. Our tests take mostly 24-48 hours for results. WE have a long way to go.