Update. 14/05/2020. The nurse phoned 30 mins before to confirm and this time declared she would not be taking blood as they were being changed to monthly. Apparently this was because they were having problems getting the samples back to the lab in time. This was good as my arm was still pretty bruised from last time. The swabs were still too long, but I was armed with a robust pair of nail clippers. The plastic was hard and the quarter-inch bits chopped off the end went across the kitchen like bullets! Still taking too long to do a simple operation as too many code numbers to be entered by the nurse, but the whole process took about 20mins. I asked whether our previous tests were negative, the nurse said they must be as we would have been notified if they were not (logical I suppose).
Update 20/05/2020. No not 21st as should have been because a lady rang to ask if it was OK to visit at 10.15 (40 mins. away.) a day early. Unfortunately this was about the time our food delivery arrives so she was told OK, but she would have to wait if we were in the process of unloading. As it happened she was about 10 mins later than the delivery and we had put all the fresh and frozen stuff away. I am not sure this lady was even a nurse although she did have an NHS ID. She wore no PPE and did not want to come into the house. Instead she handed us a plastic bag each and inside was a swab, test tube with clear liquid and a form. We just had to take the swabs ourselves (at least the test tubes were longer and the swabs did not have to be cut. The bag had a pocket to the side which contained a form we each had to fill out with our name and date of birth, check 3 boxes basically asking if we had suffered any symptoms since last time, date and sign. We handed them back and she was off. less than 5 mins all told. A bit impersonal, but more concerning, less thorough.
As an aside, we each received a £50 shopping voucher from the ONS a couple of days ago, which will be converted into money in our bank account by paying for our food shop and the money saved from the bank account will go to carefully chosen charities.
Mike.X