Coronavirus (COVID-19) updates
To maintain social distancing, all hospital
patients who require a blood test will now need to make an
appointment.
If you arrive without an appointment, arrangements will be made
for you to return at a later time/date.
Patients with a blood test request from their GP
must attend their own surgery for that test
(including those who have attended the hospital for an x-ray).
Unless the GP has requested a specialised test (if so, we will
need to know what the test is), then your surgery must contact
us.
Patients who are being monitored by the Anti-coagulation Clinic
will also need to attend their own surgery.
Adult patients must attend on their own (please contact us if
you need to be accompanied by a carer or require special
assistance).
Children
Children under the age of 16 will be seen by our
phlebotomists.
They may be accompanied by one parent or guardian (please
contact us if they need special assistance).
Some children under the age of three years may need to have the
procedure undertaken in the Paediatric Department (we can decide
this at the time of booking).
Opening times
Monday-Friday: 8.30am-4.15pm
Appointment times
- Adults: 8.30am-4.00pm
- Children: 9.00am-3.30pm
Contact
For routine blood tests
Email: gwh.bloodtestbooking@nhs.net
To enable us to book a blood test appointment for you, please
include:
- Your hospital or NHS number
- Your date of birth
- Your full name
- The date the blood test is required
- The time slot you are available (Monday-Friday,
9.00am-4.00pm)
- Whether it is a fasting/time sensitive/genetics blood test
- Which clinic is requesting the blood test
We will respond to emails within a maximum of 48
hours.
For urgent blood tests
To help us provide an efficient service, please phone us for
urgent blood tests only, or if you do not have
access to email:
Tel: 01793 605041 or 01793 605042
We are experiencing an unusually high demand for blood tests,
while our capacity has also been reduced by social distancing
measures.
It's therefore possible that you might need to leave us a
message (if you do, then we will respond to that within 24
hours).
Results
Please contact your GP or clinic to obtain the results.
