We appreciate the importance of being able to help you say goodbye to a loved one. The hospital’s Bereavement Services team will be happy to help you book one of the limited number of slots available for viewing loved ones at the UHCW’s Chapel of Rest.
Your opportunities may be more limited here at the hospital to view, and you may find that going to the undertaker’s Chapel of Rest is preferable. We do appreciate that this may involve a delay, and if this is the case, the hospital’s mortuary’s viewing room is available by appointment.
Again, please be advised that viewing slots are very limited and must be made by appointment through the UHCW Bereavement Services team. We are unable to facilitate viewing times outside of the available slots.
To make an appointment to view a loved one during office hours, please telephone 024 76 965 834, 02476 965 838 or 02476 965 835 to arrange a mutually convenient date and time.
Out of office hours, telephone the UHCW hospital switchboard on 024 7696 4000 and ask them to call the on-call bleep holder who may be able to make a similar arrangement.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON BLOOD TESTING DUE TO COVID-19
Please check the locations on the map below.
Click on the map for information about phlebotomy clinics in Coventry. You can book an appointment online at the locations in red.
Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test. Click on the ‘Book Online’ button above. Booking an appointment helps patients, their carers and family members to plan their hospital visit better, helping to reduce clinic waiting times and enabling patients to be seen much more quickly.
Location: Outpatients Department, on the ground floor. Opening hours: 8am-4.45pm, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).
Children under 16 years old will need to book online here.
Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test, click on the ‘Book Online’ button above. Patients from Rugby and the surrounding areas are able to access the Friends Blood Taking Unit at the Hospital of St Cross.
Referrals for blood tests can be from GP's, practice nurses or from hospital consultants. Patients are also able to leave other samples, such as urine, which have been collected at home, at the hospital's Pathology Reception.
Location: Near Brookfield House, just off North Road - map here. Opening hours: The blood taking clinic sessions for adults and children are listed below:
Monday -Friday 7am-4:45pm Appointment only
Wednesday Evening 5pm-7pm Suspended due to COVID
Saturday Morning 7am-10pm Suspended due to COVID
Address: Stoney Stanton Road, Coventry CV1 4FS Location: Access is via the main doors, the Phlebotomy team are in Area A. Opening hours: Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays). 8am–4.45pm - Based on demand we are only able to see a set amount of patients per day so, once we have filled all allocated slots we can no longer accept walk-ins. This may mean you will need to revisit the site to have your blood test on another occasion or book online for another site.
Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT)
Specialist Tests - There are a small number of specialist tests where blood needs to be taken on a hospital site as the sample must be transferred to the laboratory rapidly for the test to be undertaken. Click here for a list of these specialist tests and to find out more.