Guidance

Private providers of coronavirus (COVID-19) testing

Lists of and information about private providers who have self-declared that they meet the government’s minimum standards for the type of commercial COVID-19 testing service they offer.

Documents

List of general COVID-19 testing providers

List of Test to Release providers

Details

The government does not endorse, recommend or approve any private test provider. Individuals and employers should conduct their own research about available providers and the testing services they supply. For information about customer service, please check consumer review websites. Locations by region are included next to provider names in each list.

The organisations on the lists do not constitute fully UKAS-accredited providers but have demonstrated compliance with the applicable minimum standards, as they progress through the accreditation process.

Each scheme has different minimum standards, which means a test provider of general COVID-19 testing may not meet the minimum standards for Test to Release for international arrivals and/or day 2 and 8 testing for international arrivals.

The lists are not exhaustive. Some organisations that have self-declared that they meet the government’s minimum standards for the type of testing service they offer have decided to opt out from being published on these lists.

Organisations may be taken off the lists if they are at any time found to be non-compliant with any of the minimum standards for the test service they are providing.

Please note that many test providers send test kits by post and/or courier and work in multiple locations. If you need an in-person test, or a specific test, you should check with individual providers whether this is possible.

The list of general COVID-19 testing providers is updated daily, from Monday to Friday.

The list of Test to Release providers is updated daily.

There is a separate list of providers of day 2 and day 8 coronavirus testing for international arrivals.

Published 14 December 2020
Last updated 2627 May 2021 + show all updates
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  60. Updated ‘Private providers of coronavirus testing: what you need to know’ to add guidance for employers and third-party healthcare providers under ‘general coronavirus testing’ and a checklist under ‘prospective testing providers’.

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  100. Added Avante Health Ltd to the list of Test to Release providers. Added Pall Mall Medical to the list of general testing providers.

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  102. Added Agilis Health Ltd, Heathrow Medical Services LLP, Randox Laboratories and The London Clinic to the list of Test to Release providers. Added AlphaBiolabs, Breathe Assured, Heathrow Medical Services LLP, Randox Laboratories and The London Clinic to the list of general testing providers and amended Chronomics email address.

  103. Changed the email address for Chronomics in the 'Providers: test to release' section to test-to-release@chronomics.com.

  104. Added NPH Group MDNA Life Science Partnership and Qured to the list of Test to Release providers, and removed Axiom. Added BioGrad Laboratories, NPH Group MDNA Life Science Partnership, Prenetics and Qured to the list of general testing providers. Amended phone numbers for Concepto Clinic and DNA Workplace. Added email address for SYNLAB.

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