How to get a blood test
For children under 12 months old
Book directly with the paediatric team on the Medical Day Unit, Acorn ward, Whipps Cross Hospital by calling 07546 655 797.
For children under 10 years old
These blood tests are done at Whipps Cross Hospital on Tuesdays and Thursdays only in Children’s Outpatients, Junction 3. You can book online here: Online Appointment Healthcare Platform | Swiftqueue
For patients aged 10 and over
Waltham Forest Blood Test Service
North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) runs the Waltham Forest Blood Test Service to provide routine and urgent community and domiciliary phlebotomy (blood testing) services to people living in the borough at three locations, one in Chingford, one in Leytonstone and one in Walthamstow.
The walk in service is currently restricted in all clinics. Appointments are booked via the Swiftqueue system (see links below). If you unable to use the online booking system then you can call NELFT’s Single Point of Access team on 0300 300 1710 who will be able to book an appointment for you.
Chingford - Silverthorn Medical Centre, 2 Friars Close, Larkshall Road, E4 6UN
Opening times: Monday to Friday, 8:15am – 12:30pm & 1:15pm – 4.00pm
Book a blood test at Silverthorn Medical Centre here
Leytonstone - Langthorne Health Centre, 13 Langthorne Road,E11 4HX
Opening times; Monday to Friday, 8:15am – 12:30pm & 1:15pm - 5:30pm
Book a blood test at Langthorne Health Centre here
Walthamstow - Comely Bank Clinic,1st Floor, 46 Ravenswood Road,E17 8LY
Opening times: Monday to Friday, 8:15am – 12:30pm & 1:15pm – 5.00pm
Book a blood test at Comely Bank Clinic here
Home visits for blood testing
The domiciliary phlebotomy service is provided to those who are confined to their homes due to illness, in care homes (with no nursing facilities) and or disability or learning disability with challenging behaviour and/non-urgent patient transport service to attend hospital appointments.
Contact your GP, or another healthcare professional, to make a referral. The service should respond to within 2 days. For an urgent referral, the phlebotomist should visit the patient within 4 days and 2-3 weeks for a routine referral.
For more information email: wfadultchsreferrals@nelft.nhs.uk or call 0300 300 1710.
For patients aged 16 and above
E4 Network Primary Care Network (PCN)
If you are a patient, aged 16 and over, registered with one of the E4 Network PCN practices - Chingford Medical Practice, Churchill Healthcare, Handsworth Medical Practice, the Old Church Surgery and the Ridgeway Practice, you can book a blood test at your practice. Out of hours blood tests are done at Chingford Medical Centre. A home visiting service operates twice a week.
E4 Network PCN (Chingford Medical Centre, 109 York Road, Chingford, E4 8LF)
Monday to Thursday - 6.30pm to 8pm
Saturday - 9am to 2.30pm
Chingford Medical Practice
Tuesday - 8am to 12pm
Thursday - 8am to 12pm and 3pm to 6pm
Churchill Healthcare
Wednesday - 9.30am to 11.30am (Chingway Medical Centre)
Thursday - 9.30am to 11.30am (occasionally at Chingway Medical Centre) and 3.15pm to 4.45pm (Churchill Medical Centre)
Friday - 9.30am to 11.30am (Churchill Medical Centre)
Handsworth Medical Practice
Tuesday - 9am to 12pm
Wednesday - 8am to 11.30am and 2pm to 3.30pm
Thursday - 9am to 12pm
Friday - 9am to 12pm and 3.15pm to 4.30pm
Old Church Surgery
Monday - 8am to 11am
Tuesday - 12pm to 2pm (alternate weeks) and 3.15pm to 6pm
Ridgeway Surgery
Tuesday - 8.30am to 11.30am
Wednesday - 8.30am to 11.30am
Friday - 9am to 12.30pm
WF GP FedNet
The borough out-of-hours GP service now offers blood testing on weekday evenings and Saturday morning. Book at your GP reception or call 020 8519 3999. There is a home visiting (domiciliary) service available for housebound patients but this is only bookable through your GP practice.
Monday - 6.30pm to 10pm
Queens Road Medical Centre, 48 Queens Road, Walthamstow, E17 8PX
Tuesday – 12pm to 4pm
Queens Road Medical Centre, 48 Queens Road, Walthamstow, E17 8PX
Wednesday - 6.30pm to 10pm
Leyton Healthcare, 75 Oliver Road, Leyton, E10 5LG
The Forest Surgery, 2 Macdonald Road, Walthamstow, E17 4BA
Thursday – 6.30pm to 10pm
Queens Road Medical Centre, 48 Queens Road, Walthamstow, E17 8PX
Friday - 12pm to 4pm
Queens Road Medical Centre, 48 Queens Road, Walthamstow, E17 8PX
Saturday - 9am to 12pm
Harrow Road GP Practice, Triangle House, 2-8 Harrow Road, Leytonstone, E11 3QF
Saturday - 9am to 1pm
Higham Hill Medical Centre, 258-260 Higham Hill Road, Walthamstow, E17 5RQ
Whipps Cross Hospital
The blood testing service is located at Area 1 outpatients, Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.30pm. You can book an appointment online - Online Appointment Healthcare Platform | Swiftqueue They may accept walk-ins but you may have to wait.
If your blood test is for another Barts Health hospital (St Bartholomew’s, Royal London, Newham or Mile End) then you can go to Whipps Cross if you prefer. If your blood test is for a non-Barts Health hospital then you should go to that hospital and not Whipps Cross.
