Planning your visit to Phlebotomy (Blood Tests) Department

 North Northants Council Office, Kettering

North Northants Council, Bowling Green Road, Kettering NN15 7QX

You can book a blood test online, 24 hours a day 7 days a week, via the Kettering General Hospital Phlebotomy Appointment Booking System.  

Alternatively you can book an appointment at North Northants Council Office only  on telephone number  01536 535600 between 9am - 5pm (Monday - Friday); our telephone lines can be very busy.  Calling our telephone booking line will not give a preferential service for routine bloods test appointments.

Please allow time for parking.

Travelling by local public transport

Download the Stagecoach app for routes and live service updates servicing the North Northants Council Offices. 

Voluntary Transport Schemes

Providers of voluntary transport schemes can be contacted directly by patients to provide door to door transport services (subject to registration with the service).  A list of providers is shown below.

Shire Community Services 

Covering the former borough of Wellingborough  and borders, no user restrictions.

Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 4.00pm 

T elephone:  01933 223636

Email: info@shireconnect.co.uk

Website:  https://shirecommunityservices.org.uk

Rushden (SERVE)
Telephone: 01933 315555
Website:  www.serve.org.uk
Northampton Volunteer Car Scheme
Monday – Friday 9.00am - 12 noon, an answerphone operates out of hours
Telephone: 01604 637522
Volunteer Action Oundle
Monday to Friday 9.30am - 12.30pm
Telephone: 01832 275433
Voluntary Action South Leicestershire - Covering South Leicestershire including Market Harborough
Monday to Friday 9.00am - 2.30pm
Telephone: 01858 433232
Website:  www.vasl.org.uk
Daventry Area Community Transport  
Telephone: 01327 701665 & 01327 701666
Good Neighbour Schemes

Good Neighbour Schemes respond to the needs of local people by providing help like giving lifts to a GP surgery, clinic, hospital, day Centre, other appointments although they provide wider services.

For more information on each scheme, please visit their website Acre Northamptonshire 

Telephone:  01604 765888

Email: acre@northantsacre.org.uk 

Welland Wanderer

Services on Tuesday Welland Wanderer West and Friday Welland Wanderer East.  There are no services on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday or Public Bank Holidays.

Service provided by: Lawson’s of Corby Ltd 38 Forest Gate Road Corby NN17 1TW.

Telephone:  01536 400952

Email:  lawsonsofcorby@gmail.com

Website:  Welland Wanderer bus timetables

Callconnect

Lincolnshire Callconnect service covers Woodnewton village. It is a public bus service that operates in response to prebooked requests. .

For more information on the scheme please visit the Callconnect website

Telephone:  0345 263 8153 (Open Monday-Friday 8.30am-6.30pm Saturday 9.00am-5.30pm)

Desborough and Rothwell Community Transport

A charity founded in 199; it serves the people of Desborough, Rothwell and local villages.  It's dedicated primarily to helping the elderly.

For more information visit their website www.desboroughcommunitytransport.org.uk

Telephone Number:  01536 763916

Please contact the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) (01536) 493305 for other voluntary schemes which may be available in your area.

Reclaiming the cost of your journey

You may be eligible for reimbursement of your travel expenses under the Hospital Travel Costs Scheme (HTCS) if you are in receipt of at least one of the following:
  • Income Support
  • Employment Support Allowance  (Income related not contributory related)
  • Working Family Tax Credit or Child Tax Credits
  • Exemption certificate (HC2/HC3 form) the patient must be named on form
  • Job Seekers Allowance (Income based)
  • Disabled persons tax credit
  • Pension Credit guaranteed
Public Transport Costs 
Bus fares and train fares are fully reimbursed when a valid receipt is produced.
Voluntary Transport Schemes
Travel costs incurred through certain voluntary transport schemes are refundable when a valid receipt is produced.  
 
Please contact the Cashiers Office 01536 492036 should you require further clarification.
For reimbursement payment to be made, you will need:-
  • Proof of receiving a benefit (as listed above and dated within the last 12 months).
  • Appointment letter/internal form or appointment card, which must be stamped by the department stating the date visited together with an authorised signature. 
  • Travel ticket/receipt and/or car parking ticket.
Taxi Costs
Taxi fares are not reimbursed.