All routine blood tests are by pre-booked appointments
You can access the blood test appointment booking system 24 hours a day, 7 days a week online. Calling our telephone booking service will not provide preferential bookings for routine bloods tests. You will require your NHS number to book a blood test appointment. You can find your NHS number on an NHS Hospital or GP Practice letter, p rescription, NHS Website or the NHS app.
If you are unable to attend a pre-booked blood test appointment or no longer need your blood taken, please reschedule or cancel your appointment, as required, using the online booking system. This will release the appointment back into the booking system.
Before booking or attending a blood test appointment, please make sure a valid request for your blood test has been made. This must be one or both of the following:
- an electronic request has already been made by your GP and/or hospital clinician
- a paper Pathology request; please bring this form with you to your appointment
If you attend an appointment without a valid request in place, the blood test appointment will not go ahead. Please note a letter from your clinician saying you need a blood test will not be accepted, the blood test appointment will not go ahead.
Please tell us when you attend for your blood test if you have several blood test requests from different sources, such as from your GP and from a hospital clinician. This will help us to ensure that all requested tests are done. If you have had any tests requested by a hospital outside the local area, these tests may be sent away, and the results may take longer than usual.
Online appointments are available at the following locations; Corby Nuffield Outpatients, Corby Broadleaf Diagnostic Centre, Isebrook Outpatients, Wellingborough, North Northants Council Office, Kettering and Nene Park Outpatients, Irthlingborough.
Appointment slots at Kettering General Hospital Pathology Department are limited and reserved for patients requiring specialist blood tests, urgent hospital and urgent GP appointments only. To book an appointment here please ring 01536 494411 between 8.00am and 4.00pm, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).
We continue to see an increased demand for blood taking leading to longer wait times for routine appointments. Please continue to use the online booking system . To book a blood test appointment you will require your NHS number.
The online blood test appointment booking is a live system. It is frequently updated as new appointments are released and when appointments are cancelled. Please do keep checking the system.
Our telephone booking service can be extremely busy leading to longer than expected waiting time. Our team are doing what they can to answer calls, as quickly as possible. Please continue to hold and your call will be answered.