Lateral Flow Device (LFD) Supply Service
Written by AlisonFreemantle on Friday 11th April 2025
Service Extension
NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care have confirmed that the Community Pharmacy NHS Lateral Flow Device (LFD) Tests Supply Service has been extended for another year, starting 1 April 2025. The item of service fee has increased from £4.00 to £4.10.
This walk-in service provides at-risk patients eligible for COVID-19 treatments access to LFD tests for home use if they develop symptoms. A positive result helps inform clinical assessments to determine suitability for NICE-recommended treatments.
Patient representatives can collect one box of 5 tests from participating pharmacies upon confirmation that the patient is part of the eligible cohort.
The full list of eligible patients is available in NICE guidelines, with more information available in the service specification but include:
- People aged 85 years and over
- People with end-stage heart failure who have a long-term ventricular assistance device
- People on the organ transplant waiting list
- People resident in a care home who are aged 70 years and over
- People resident in a care home who have a BMI of 35 kg/m2 or more
- People resident in a care home who have diabetes
- People resident in a care home who have heart failure
- People currently in a hospital who are aged 70 years and over
- People currently in a hospital who have a BMI of 35 kg/m2 or more
- People currently in a hospital who have diabetes
- People currently in a hospital who have heart failure
Webinar sponsored by Pfizer
An educational meeting is taking place on Wednesday 30th April at lunchtime 1.15pm and then repeated in evening at 7.30pm and is specifically for Community Pharmacy.
Planned changes to the NICE eligible cohorts in June will bring a 3-fold increase of those eligible for these tests.
The Meeting Invitation can be viewed here.
If you would like to attend please reply to leigh-ann.ogborne@pfizer.com to receive the joining instructions.