There are many people, in the hospital and outside, who can give careful advice and sensitive support, not only now but as time goes on.
You may already have met a hospital Chaplain or hospital Social Worker. These support services are available to meet you again in the immediate future or later if there is anything you need or if there is something in particular you are worried about.
If you want to get in touch with them, or with someone else you have met here at the hospital, ring and ask for the Chaplain, the Social Worker, or the Ward Sister or Charge Nurse where the person who died was a patient.
At each point over the next few days there will be people who are able to provide support and advice, including the Funeral Director, the minister or celebrant conducting the funeral, your own family doctor, as well as the people mentioned in this booklet.
In addition to the help they can give, the above people will also have contact with other groups within the hospital as well as external organisations, and counselling agencies, who may be helpful to you either now or in the future.
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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.