UK Arrival Covid Tests
Pre-departure, Day 2 and Day 8 Covid tests for UK arrivals. Choose in-clinic, video supervised, or self-swab tests. Your UK Passenger Locator Form Booking ID will be immediately issued.
Day 2
Lateral Flow Test
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From 9th January
Lateral Flow Antigen Tests will replace PCRs for mandatory Day 2 testing.
Day 2
PCR TEST
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Gold standard accuracy
In-clinic, Collect & Drop express results or postal self-collection tests.
Day 2 & Day 8
PCR TESTS
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Day 2 & Day 8 PCR tests for UK arrivals if you are NOT FULLY vaccinated
Day 2, 5 & 8
PCR TESTS
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Day 2 & 8 PCR tests + Day 5 early release for UK arrival if you are NOT FULLY vaccinated
Your Covid Testing Choices
In-Clinic Covid Tests
Covid tests will be taken by a trained health advisor at our Dorking clinic. Your rapid antigen tests results will be emailed within 1 hour. PCR results can be provided by email either same day by might, or next-day by 6pm/
Click, Collect & Drop Self-Swab Covid Tests
Collect your Covid tests from our clinic in Dorking, Surrey. Take a self-collection sample, register your test online and return the swab before 11am for a same day result, or after 11am for a next day result (by 6pm).
Video Supervised Self-Swab Covid Tests
We will deliver your Covid tests to a UK address by DPD courier, or you can collect them in person from our Surrey clinic. You should book your video appointment within 0-2 days of returning to the UK. Then, securely login for your supervised video Covid test with our trained health advisor and your tests results will be emailed within 1-2 hours.
Self-Swab Covid Tests
We will deliver your Covid tests to a UK address by DPD courier, or you can collect them in person from our Surrey clinic. Take your self-swab test using the instructions provided with your test kit within 0-2 days of returning to the UK. Then register your personal information online and upload a photo of your test result, passport and booking reference number to our online portal. Your tests results will be emailed within 3 hours.
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If you have been fully vaccinated for at least 14 days:
- under an approved vaccination program in the UK, Europe, or US
- with a full course of the Oxford/AstraZeneca, Pfizer BioNTech, Moderna or Janssen vaccines from a relevant public health body in Australia, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahrain, Brunei, Canada, Dominica, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea or Taiwan – mixing between two-dose vaccines (Oxford/AstraZeneca, Pfizer BioNTech, Moderna) in this list is also recognised.
You must:
- book and pay for a Day 2 COVID test which should be taken after you arrive in England
- complete your passenger locator form – any time in the 48 hours before you arrive in England
- take a COVID test on or before day 2 after you arrive in England
You must follow these Covid test rules if you:
- do not qualify under the fully vaccinated rules
- are partially vaccinated
- are not vaccinated
Before you travel to England you must:
- take a pre-departure COVID-19 test in the 2 days before you travel to England
- book and pay for day 2 and day 8 COVID-19 tests which should be taken after your arrive in England
- complete your passenger locator form – any time in the 48 hours before you arrive in England
After you arrive in England you must:
- quarantine at home or in the place you are staying for 10 days
- take a COVID-19 test on or before day 2 and on or after day 8
You may be able to end quarantine early if you pay for a private COVID-19 test through the Test to Release scheme.
Taking your Covid tests
- You must take a COVID test on or before day 2 of your quarantine period. This first test is designed to help identify any potentially harmful variants of COVID-19 at the earliest opportunity.
- Your day of arrival in England will be treated as day zero. Please keep a record of your Royal Mail Tracking ID number so you can check when the test is received at the lab. Test results are usually available within 24 hours of being received. Note that test samples posted after the last collection on Saturday may not be received at the laboratory until Tuesday.
If your Covid test is positive
- If you get a positive result from your day 2 Covid test, you must quarantine for 10 days beginning the day after the test was taken (this means until day 13).
- If you get a positive result from your day 2 test, you do not need to take a test on day 8.
- If you’re planning to use the Test to Release scheme after travelling to the UK, you must still take a test on or before day 2 and on or after day 8. Even if you get a negative result from your Test to Release and are released from self-isolation, you still need to take a test on or after day 8 to check that you do not have Covid 19.
Day 5 test to release
- Before you book a Day 5 Test to Release for UK delivery check whether day 5 is a Saturday or Sunday, as this will delay results being released to you before day 7 or 8.
- Our clinic appointments are not affected as a courier service will take your sample directly from the clinic to our London laboratory and is included in the cost. If you wish to come to our Dorking Clinic for your Day 5 test please book this separately rather than part of the Day 2 and Day 8 test package.
The Medwyn Centre by rail and by road.
Medwyn has provided thousands of in-clinic Covid test appointments in our Surrey clinic. We cover South London, Surrey, Leatherhead, Dorking, Guildford and Reigate. We have delivered tests to international arrivals from over 108 countries.
Medwyn Occupational Health is located in Dorking, Surrey, which is only a short drive from the M25 London orbital and connects the city’s airports; Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton and Stanstead. A large Pay & Display car park is located behind the Medwyn Centre.
Dorking’s mainline rail station is served by Southern Rail to London and Great Western Railway to Guildford and Reading. The clinic is a short walk from the rail station.
How is the Covid test taken?
A Covid swab test requires you to insert a thin, flexible swab with a cotton tip into your mouth and nose in order to sample the presence of coronavirus. The swab is rotated several times in both before being withdrawn and it is then sealed in a tube to be sent to our laboratory for analysis. This can be uncomfortable and this discomfort can last for up to 24 hours.
If you prefer to have help with your swab test, both in-clinic and supervised video appointments are available. The Medwyn Covid Team also have swabs that are suitable for children.
Medwyn was one of the first Covid test providers listed by the UK Government.
