Access to Services
The University Hospital laboratory is open 365 days per year and provides a 24-hour open access service. Samples from critical care units are automatically treated as urgent. All other urgent samples require a telephone request.
The laboratory at the Hospital of St Cross, Rugby, provides a routine service Monday-Friday between 9am-11pm and Saturday between 9am-1pm. At all other times an emergency on-call service is available. Samples from casualty and admissions unit are given priority. All urgent samples require a telephone request.
Quality Control and Quality Assurance
The laboratory undertakes internal quality control on a day-to-day basis in all areas in addition to a full range of external quality assurance schemes.
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Please ensure you have a current blood test request form, if not please contact your hospital consultant or GP and they will post one to you. Unfortunately, your blood test will need to be rescheduled if you do not have a blood test request form when you come to a Blood Test clinic.
All blood tests are by appointment, please book an appointment using the Book Online button below.
If you have an appointment and cannot attend, please remember to cancel or reschedule your appointment so that someone else can use the time slot that you no longer need.
If you cannot book an appointment online, family and friends may be able to help – you can book appointments for more than one person from one account. Booking online is the quickest way to make an appointment.
If this is not possible, there is a telephone line for those who cannot book online. Please call 02476 153546 between 8am and 1pm Monday to Friday, excluding Bank Holidays.