Covid Testing -Is this a Scam ? The London Medical Laboratory Ltd Post Reply

[Cey]

It is not a scam, I ordered the blood test for antibodies and it arrived the next day. My husband and I did the test and because we live in Battersea we took it there directly. They emailed us the results within four hours. Fortunately it was positive which means we have antibodies. But as we now know antibodies can fall so we are planning to have another test to see how much immunity has fallen since we had it done in May.
This test was recommended to us by the chief pathologist at the Brompton Hospital so we have every faith.

[Mememe2020]

Ivee done their test too in August, all went fine, did it in the post via pin prick blood test, send it back same day and had the results e-mailed back by next day evening. Have recommended on and all other users happy too.

[HeB]

We went to their clinic in Putney a month or so ago. It seemed to go fine, we received an email the following day with our results.

Less likely that people will be using this type of service now given that it seems much easier to get NHS tests, but if any of the people that think this is a scam could please give some tips on what to look out for when looking for a private test that would be more helpful than the posts which cause panic saying it was a scam. Speaking from experience, it is stressful to hear that a company that charges almost £200 for a private test is not legit - I personally paid in good faith thinking I was doing what I had to do to protect colleagues etc so I could go back to work knowing I didn’t have COVID.

[LouisaBar]

I beg to differ..... I used them last October before flight to Cape Town..... fast and efficient.
I was looking them up again and saw this?
I’m about to fly out again to Cape Town and will ring them.
They do have a number and office in Richmond, where I went. Not sure about other offices?
Good luck.......

[Michael426]

I used their service in London and it was fine; tests came back negative the next day for a Fit-to-Fly to Russia.

[forfun]

Just thought I'd add -almost a year on -unbelievably the CQC states on its site that it hasn't investigated the London Medical Laboratory Company yet ?!   [ They are based in Pensbury St SW8 ]

Its confusing as it seems there's a few testing sites under similar named umbrellas? 

Today there are google reviews ranging from 5-1 star [ nil -if they could give them ] for the LML ltd.

I guess its down to the individual to decide if they want to take the risk with their hard earned money, but with such wide discrepancies between star reviews, it would perhaps be wise to question their reliability and the simple fact that the LML ltd  won't pick up the phone if theres a problem.  

Perhaps best to do lots of research into the companies offering their services, and ask advice from your GP who to use if one can't get an NHS test ?

Its such a difficult time with many people sadly profiteering from others . 

At least there are more options now, but it can still be confusing where to go.

Good luck ... 


 

[SCAMMED CUSTOMER]

This IS a SCAM!!!!!! I booked 2 tests here my money was stolen and I was provided with no service, every attempt at contacting the company has been completely ignored for weeks DONT BOOK HERE!!!!!

[RobScot]

I am experiencing similar problems. I used London Medical Laboratory for my Day 5 release test...its now almost Day 8 and I still don't have the result. This is a very expensive test which I paid for so that I would not have to quarantine for 3 additional days. It's been a complete waste of money as I will probably receive the Day 8 test results (from Radox) before I receive the Dayv5 results from LML!!