Blood testing services in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge

The blood testing service aims to reduce waiting times and ensure urgent tests can be booked for the same or next day. Blood tests are also available on weekends at some sites. The target is for all patients to be able to have their blood test within seven days. All bookings and cancellations can be made online or by phone.

The service is delivered by NEL ICB, North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT), Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) and primary care providers.

If you have any comments or queries about this service, please email your service provider’s complaints team.

• There are currently no walk-in services available for Barking and Dagenham, Havering or Redbridge patients – all blood tests must be booked in advance.

• Blood tests for children under 12 (under 16s with LD) are carried out by appointment only by the BHRUT Children’s Outpatient department.
• Always take your paper blood test form to your appointment as this is needed to process your blood test. If you have a blood test form from BHRUT, this can also be used at community sites.

Process for visiting a LD Clinic    

• Each appointment made is 15minute slots to accommodate patient’s needs
• Call our dedicated phone number to book an appointment 0300 300 1531  or send an email to LDbookabloodtest@nelft.nhs.uk
• Administrator will book an appointment at the location of choice (Barking Hospital, Hainault Health Centre & Raphael House )
• On referral form please specify severity of LD patient mild, moderate or severe as per attached referrals. ( please specify if patient has visited a clinic before, was it successful, needle phobic, any other helpful information you wish to add,

Home Visiting Service

GP email referral form along with copy of the blood test form to below emails:

• Redbridge: reddomphleb@nelft.nhs.uk
• Barking & Dagenham: bddomphleb@nelft.nhs.uk
• Havering: havdomphleb@nelft.nhs.uk

Please ensure all required information is supplied on the form including additional details about patient’s history of blood test (was it successful, is patient needle phobic, does patient needs to be sedated before blood test, please state whether this will be fasting or non-fasting, urgent or non-urgent).