Blood tests

Please note the information on this page has been updated, but may change at short notice due to coronavirus (COVID-19).

Main hospital-based sessions – walk-in

No appointments are currently needed to attend any of these phlebotomy sessions:

Hertford County Hospital

• Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm (excluding bank holidays)
• Children 3-10 years will be fast-tracked upon arrival*

Lister Hospital

• Monday to Friday, 8am to 5.30pm (excluding bank holidays) for GP patients only
• Saturday, 8.45am to 12.45pm for GP patients only
• Children 1 to 10 years will be fast-tracked upon arrival* (no children after 4pm)

New QEII Hospital

• Monday to Thursday, 8am to 5.30pm (excluding bank holidays)
• Friday, 8am to 5pm (excluding bank holidays)
• Saturday, 8am to 12noon
• Children 3-10 years will be fast-tracked upon arrival (no children after 4pm)

Please note: 

For blood tests for children under 1 year please call Lister Bramble ward on 01438 314333 ext 6315 (regardless of address)

*We are unable to see children under the age of 10 at the Lister and New QEII clinics on Saturdays unless an urgent appointment has been pre-booked by their GP.

Community-based sessions – GP surgeries

Phlebotomy services are due to restart at the following practices from the dates specified, with more to follow:

• Benington Surgery (including Watton Place Clinic patients) – open every Tuesday 9am to 12noon from 14 July
• Birchwood Surgery (Letchworth) – open every Wednesday 9am to 12noon from 15 July
• Valley View Surgery (Goffs Oak) – open every Thursday 8.30am to 12.30pm from 16 July

Community-based sessions – walk-in (i.e. no appointment needed)

No appointments are needed to attend these phlebotomy sessions:

Hoddesdon

Hoddesdon Health Centre

• Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 2pm (excluding bank holidays)

Ware

Bowling Road Health Centre

• Monday, 1.30pm to 3.45pm (excluding bank holidays)
• Wednesday, 8.30pm to 12noon
• Friday, 8.30am to 12noon (excluding bank holidays)

Community-based sessions – appointment only

Appointments are needed to attend these phlebotomy sessions:

Baldock

Park Drive Health Centre (by appointment only via Baldock and Letchworth GP surgeries)

• Tuesday, 8.30am to 12noon
• Wednesday, 1.30pm to 4.30pm
• Thursday, 8.30am to 12noon

Hitchin

Bedford Road Health Centre (by appointment only and then through just the following Hitchin GP surgeries: Marshall House, Orford Lodge, Portmill and Regal Chambers)

• Tuesday , 8am to 4.30pm

Stevenage

Danestrete Clinic (by appointment only – appointments are made normally directly by nurses with patients attending anti-coagulation clinics)

• Mondays and Wednesdays only,  8.30am to 11.45am (excluding bank holidays)

Waltham Cross

Stanhope Road Health Centre (by appointment only, but through the health centre itself – 01992 818500)

• Monday to Friday , 8.30am to 12noon (excluding bank holidays)