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Ash,
Do you think Yourgene are going to offer test to release direct to the public? It looks like all the covid tests are via partners at the moment. It is unclear whether they will offer the test direct to the public. They haven't commenced the service yet so their website isn't fully updated.

Myhealthchecked have updated their website (and it a bank holiday) - well done!

Thanks Steve - That is good news. Obviously I didn't digest that RNS properly and my search didn't find it.

I couldn't find any evidence for Yourgene supplying any of the NHS England trusts. That's not to say they aren't. If they aren't currently supplying them hopefully they will in the near future.

Viapath appear to provide the tests for some of the NHS trusts in England.

Bakky

Can you recall what the price of myhealthchecked PCR test was when partnership was first announced? I think it was somewhere between £120 and £145 but am not certain. I suspect they have reduced the price to try to get their volumes up. I think if they update their website with regards to the various timelines this would have a greater impact than reducing the price? People will likely go for the test they think gives them a good chance of results in the required timeframe.

I assume citydoc is using YGEN as their original test to release web page had a Yourgene logo.

Myhealthchecked also has 2 websites! Myhealthchecked and myhealthcheckedplc. They both have some product info on them but h
The latter seems more investor iriented and doesn't have the covid test detail - confusing!

It looks like citydoc and myhealthchecked both use YGen tests. My healthchecked seems to have a very competiotve price - I think they could charge more if folk reading their website had more confidence in their timelines. If I were paying £95 for a test I would probably pay a bit more if it gave me more confidence that the company had a streamlined reliable timeline to work with.

Cheers Dan,

In my pedantic mode I have just emailed Yourgene to ask them to consider updating "We are not currently ISO 15189 (UKAS) accredited." To something along the lines of "we are in the process of gaining ISO 15189 accreditation" - assuming they are as they have been accepted for test to release.

I tend to be quite pedantic when I read info on a company's website and am deciding whether to use their services so I assume at least some other folk are as well! Looking at the atrocious typos in my previous posts I feel like I may the pot...

I sent an email to myhealthchecked mid morning about my concerns with the website timelines. O got the following response - well impressed as it is Christmas Eve and this was in no way urgent!

Good afternoon xxx,

Thank you for your message. As you can imagine, we're on a skeleton team from today, but we'll get this looked into and someone will be back in touch with you shortly.

Merry Christmas to you too! Have a lovely time celebrating, and hope you're plans haven't been too disrupted.

Kind regards,

MyHealthChecked Customer Care

Thanks Davand - Will do later.

Website under q&a it says get in touch if you haven't received results wuthin 7 days. The thought that it may take more than 7 days to get your results is likely to put some folk off. It would be good if the wording here could be reconsidered..

Now that we know we have test that allows ISO 15189 approval we need to make the most of it. Well done all at Yourgene! Merry Christmas everyone!

Excellent news - govt list yet to be updated but presumably leaks forced the RNS. And the SP has has increased !!!

Dare we hope for some good news on Monday?

Thanks NiptSteve. Did anyone have any thoughts on the fact that the self declaration form asks you "if an MP or minister suggested you submit an application" and implies you get favourable treatment if they did. How is an MP assumed to be able to be an appropriately knowledgeable person to recommend a test provider?

The following question in the self declaration for providers seems to suggest those with the right contacts will get preferential treatment! And they are advertising the fact!!

7. Where did you hear about this form? *

Found on GOV.UK

From the NHS or Public Health England COVID-19 Response inbox

From a Member of Parliament or a Minister’s office

From the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

Other

If you selected Member of Parliament or Minister, or the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, please give the name of your sponsor (the person who recommended that you submit an application in their official capacity)

To my untrained eye these test providers look like very small scale outfits. I would be surpris3d if this list will provide the quantity of tests required additionally as Steve says they don't appear overly professional. Although ISO 15189 application is a condition, having scanned through some of the websites, I would be surprised if Yourgene applied but didn't get on the list. We must be missing something ..

Bakky,
Yourgene had been doing Covid testing directly as somebody on trip advisor wrote, in September, that they were going to them for "fit to fly" test. Their website now specifically state they don't do directly test individuals. I had read on one website somewhere that a "fit to fly" certificate for at least some countries required it to have the ISO 15189 stamp on it for the issueing lab - no idea if this was correct as there appears to be a severe lack of clarity over what is required both here and in the destination countries.

Yourgene may or may not benefit from clearer processes around testing but hopefully the general public will! ( In order to aid my financial health I sincerely hope Yourgene do benefit).

Pacman,

that agrees with my understanding of CQC and ISO 15189 but I don't consider myself an expert.

My understanding is that ISO 15189 provides more detailed requirements than the CQC but I am not an expert.

The below website highlights how UKAS wull attempt to expedite accreditation.

https://www.ukas.com/news/government-announces-minimum-standards-for-covid-19-testing/