Abdominal pain
Allergic Reaction and Anaphylaxis
Ankle Sprain: Parent-Carer Discharge Information
Back Pain: Parent-Carer/Discharge Information
Breath-holding attacks
Broken or Bruised Ribs (Parent-Carer) Discharge Information
Burns and Scalds
Chickenpox
Croup
Crying baby and colic
Eczema
Eye Drops and Ointment
Febrile convulsion
Fever or High Temperature
Gastroenteritis
Gastro-oesophageal Reflux
Head Injury (Baby or Toddler)
Head Injury (Adolescent): Discharge Information
Head Injury (Child): Parent-Carer Discharge Information
Latex Allergy
Looking after your Plaster Cast (Parent / Carer)
Looking After Your Plaster Cast: Patient Discharge Information
Nappy Rash
Neck Injury: Parent-Carer Discharge Information
Nose Bleed (Epistaxis)
Nose Injury
Procedural Sedation with Ketamine
Pulled Elbow: Parent-Carer Discharge Information
Pulled Elbow - Patient Discharge Information
Shoulder Injury (Parent-Carer Discharge Info)
Sore Throat
Steri-Strips: Parent-Carer Discharge Information
Steri-Strips Patient Discharge information
Stitches (Parent-Carer Discharge information)
Tissue Adhesive / Wound Glue (Parent / Carer) Discharge Information
Tissue Adhesive/Wound Glue: Patient Discharge Information
Use of Crutches (Parent / Carer) Discharge Information
Wrist Buckle Fracture
Wrist Injury
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON BLOOD TESTING DUE TO COVID-19
If you are experiencing symptoms associated with COVID-19, e.g. fever, loss of taste or continuous new cough, please DO NOT attend for a blood test.
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
April 2020 NEW - This Clinic is now by appointment. Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test. Click on the ‘Book Online’ button above.
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
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.