Coronavirus testing problems leave families in limbo, as parents miss work and children are kept home from school
"Even if I have to drive 100 miles to get a test, I'd rather get her tested than not have a test," she said."If she has it, then that's fine. We will know we need to continue self-isolating. But if she doesn't then it's unfair on my older daughter. She's missed enough school already.
At one point Scott was offered a test in Warwickshire, 65 miles away from his home, through the government website. But by the time he'd entered the details of his family of four, the spaces had disappeared. "Both the walk-in centre in Luton and the drive-in car park in Bedford were empty," he said."The walk-in centre had at least 12 available test booths with only three people there. The drive-in had space for maybe 30 cars. There was only one other car there."
For larger families, it's not just testing availability that can be an issue."It's an absolute nightmare trying to navigate the website as a family of eight," Christina Fox, from Stockton on Tees, said.
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