BLOOD CLINIC TIMETABLE
You may attend any Clinic on the timetable. Clinics are currently operating on appointments only. Please call the relevant clinic to book.
Clinics will close PROMPTLY to enable samples to reach the laboratory.
| MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY |
AM | THE MINERVA 8.00am – 3.30pm (no closure for lunch) | THE MINERVA 8.00am – 3.30pm (no closure for lunch) | HEALTHPORT 8.00am – 11.30am | HEALTHPORT 8.00am – 11.30am | THE MINERVA 8.00am – 11.30am |
HEALTHPORT 8.00am – 11.30 am | SAUL ST CLINIC 8.45am – 11.30am | BROOKFIELD CLINIC 8.45am – 11.30am | FULWOOD CLINIC 8.45am – 11.30am | HEALTHPORT 8.00am – 11.30am |
GEOFFREY STREET CLINIC 8.30am – 11.30am | GEOFFREY STREET CLINIC 8.30am – 11.30am | LONGRIDGE HOSPITAL 8.45am – 11.30am | INGOL HEALTH CENTRE 8.45am – 11.30am | GEOFFREY ST CLINIC 8.45am – 11.30am |
| ASHTON HEALTH CENTRE 08.00 am – 11.30am | GEOFFREY STREET CLINIC 8.30am – 11.30am ASHTON HEALTH CENTRE 8.00am – 11.30am AVENHAM HEALTH CENTRE 8.00am – 9.30am | GEOFFREY STREET CLINIC 8.30am – 11.30am | LONGRIDGE HOSPITAL 8.30am – 11.30am (run by LTHTR) |
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PM | THE MINERVA 8.00am – 3.30pm (no closure for lunch) | THE MINERVA 8.00am – 3.30pm (no closure for lunch) | HEALTHPORT 12.45pm – 3.30pm | HEALTHPORT 12.45pm – 3.30pm | NO CLINICS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON |
INGOL HEALTH CENTRE 1.00pm – 3.30pm | | RIBBLETON CLINIC 1.00pm – 3.30pm | ASHTON HEALTH CENTRE 1.00pm – 3.30pm |
LONGRIDGE HOSPITAL 1.00pm – 3.30pm ASHTON HEALTH CENTRE 1.15pm – 3.30pm | | | ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL 5.00pm – 7.00pm |
NB: - CLOSED ON BANK HOLIDAYS
BLOOD CLINICS - OTHER SITES
ASHTON HEALTH CENTRE) 69 Pedder’s Lane (on Ashton Park) Ashton Preston PR2 1HR Tel: 01772 777160 | | HEALTHPORT Vicarage Lane (Off Watling St Rd) Fulwood Preston PR2 8DW Tel: 01772 520230 | | RIBBLETON CLINIC Langden Drive (Off Pope Lane) Ribbleton Preston PR2 6HT Tel:01772 777473 |
BROOKFIELD CLINIC Croasdale Ave (Off Watling St Rd) Preston PR2 6UB Tel: 01772 777474 | | INGOL HEALTH CENTRE 86 Village Green Lane (Off Tag Lane) Ingol Preston PR2 7DS Tel: 01772 777427 | | AVENHAM HEALTH CENTRE Avenham Ln Preston PR1 3RG Tel: 01772 777252 |
FULWOOD CLINIC 4 Lytham Rd Fulwood Preston PR2 8JB Tel: 01772 777225 | | LONGRIDGE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL St Wilfred’s Terrace (Off Derby Rd) Longridge Preston PR3 3WQ Tel: 01772 777400 | | SAUL ST CLINIC Sizehouse St Preston PR1 2QU Tel: 01772 777179 |
GEOFFREY ST HEALTH CENTRE Geoffrey St (Off New Hall Lane) Preston PR1 5NE Tel: 01772 777300 | | MINERVA HEALTH CENTRE Lowthorpe Rd (PNE Site) Deepdale Preston PR1 6SB Tel: 01772 777600 | | ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL Sharoe Green Lane North Fulwood Preston PR2 9HT Tel: 01772 716565 |
If you require a routine OR urgent blood test, please see the following information to support you in accessing the most appropriate service.
Local NHS staff are working extremely hard to maintain services during this difficult time and the continued cooperation of patients is greatly appreciated.
Please do not attend these clinics if you are experiencing symptoms of coronavirus.
Please continue to socially distance from others and wear a face covering whilst attending any NHS site, including your local hospital, GP surgery or community clinic, as per current government guidance, available at: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
Only the patient requiring the blood test should enter the clinic unless assistance is required by a carer or relative for the duration.
Booking blood tests
GP requested routine blood tests can be booked at your local hospital.
Appointments can be made at Royal Preston Hospital or Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital, operating Monday to Friday from 9am until 5pm.
To book your appointment, please call 01257 247095.
You should only attend one of these hospital clinics for a blood test if:
- your doctor has instructed you to do so, AND
- has supplied you with a blood form to bring with you to your appointment.
The blood form is a requirement for your appointment so please remember to bring it along. If you have not received a blood form, but have been instructed to attend a hospital clinic, please contact your GP practice directly before attending.
If you are attending Royal Preston Hospital for a routine blood-test, please arrive at the main entrance and turn right towards the ambulance desk; the clinic details will be sign posted from here.
If you are attending Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital for a routine blood-test, please arrive at the front door of the Urgent Care Centre.
Booking urgent blood tests
There are a number of ways to access urgent blood test clinic appointments. Both clinic options provide the same service. Please note the different opening times, contact details and location with the hospital sites.
You should only attend one of these hospital clinics for an urgent blood test if:
- your doctor has instructed you to do so, AND
- has supplied you with a blood form to bring with you to your appointment.
The blood form is a requirement for your appointment so please remember to bring it along. If you have not received a blood form, but have been instructed to attend a hospital clinic, please contact your GP practice directly before attending.
Urgent clinic booking option 1: Clinics at Royal Preston Hospital or Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital site, operating Monday to Friday from 9am until 5pm.
To book your appointment, please call 01257 247095.
If you are attending Royal Preston Hospital for a routine blood-test, please arrive at the main entrance and turn right towards the ambulance desk; the clinic details will be sign posted from here.
If you are attending Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital for a routine blood-test, please arrive at the front door of the Urgent Care Centre.
Urgent clinic booking option 2: To make an appointment at a community-based blood clinic:
If you live in Chorley and South Ribble, appointments can be made by contacting your GP practice directly.
If you live in Preston, please visit: https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/Phlebotomy to access the contact details for your local community clinic.
Urgent clinic booking option 3: Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital, operating Monday to Friday 08.30am to 12.30pm.
To book your appointment, please call 01772 524146 or 01772 524143 Monday to Friday between 9am and 4pm.
These urgent clinics will take place in the usual blood clinic locations at both Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital.
A supplier to the NHS has advised us of a global shortage of some equipment used for taking blood tests.
Anyone who needs a test for urgent health problems, will still get one but where your clinician recommends that it’s safe to do so, then you may be asked to come back for a test at a later date, or your appointment may be rescheduled.
Given the nature of the shortage, we cannot give an exact date for when the test will be rescheduled, but please be assured that if your condition or symptoms require it, then you will get a test, and we will be re-booking your test when supplies become more easily available.
If your condition or symptoms change or get worse, please contact the NHS as you would normally.