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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Guardian community team

Tell us your experience of accessing Covid antiviral medicines in the UK

Paxlovid, Pfizer's antiviral medication to treat Covid.
Paxlovid, Pfizer's antiviral medication to treat Covid. Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters

During the Covid pandemic, a centralised system was developed for prescribing antiviral drugs to high risk patients who test positive for Covid.

However in June this year the system was changed, with each NHS integrated care board (ICB) in England now having their own arrangements. As a result, people who are eligible for such drugs now need to contact local health services to find out themselves how to get hold of them if they test positive for Covid.

We’d like to hear from those who are eligible for antivirals, to find out what their experience has been of this new system. Have you managed to get hold of antivirals? Was the service accessible seven days a week? Was your experience different to that earlier in the pandemic (if you have had Covid multiple times)?

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