Blood Tests

North East London NHS Foundation Trust has taken over the delivery of the Community and Domicillary Phlebotomy Service.

In order to deliver an improved service with more appointments available overall, blood testing services are available from:

  • Silverthorne Medical Centre, 2 Friars Close, E4 6UN, from 8.15am to 12.30pm and from 1.15pm to 4.00pm Monday to Friday
  • St James Health Practice, 47 St James St, Walthamstow, London E17 7NH, from 8.15am to 12.30pm Monday to Friday, with an afternoon clinic from 1.15pm to 5.30pm Monday to Friday
  • Langthorne Health Centre, 13 Langthorne Rd, London, E11 4HX, from 8.15am to 5.30pm Mondays Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and from 8.15am – 12.30pm on Thursdays

Online bookings are available

Our patients can book or cancel blood test appointments online;

If patients are unable to book their own appointment, a relative or carer can register to book on their behalf.

Please note appointments cannot be pre-booked by telephone.

If you have been referred by your GP, book your blood test appointments online at;

Online Appointment Healthcare Platform | Swiftqueue

Criteria For Home Visits
Domiciliary phlebotomy will be 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.

Domiciliary Phlebotomy

Referrals to the domiciliary phlebotomy service will be made via secure mail on the WF Adult SPA referral form to the WF Adult Single point of Access (SPA). Domiciliary referrals will be responded to within 2 days. Where the referral is urgent the phlebotomist shall attend to the patient within 4 days and for routine referrals within 2-3 weeks.

Phlebotomy Services for Waltham Forest

Blood tests for children aged 10 and above

Please use the adult clinics listed above, with the support of a parent or a guardian.

Blood tests for children for children aged 9 years and under

Please visit the outpatient’s at Whipps Cross Hospital Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9.30am – 3.30pm

Contact Our Services In Waltham Forest

The service will be provided to all patients who present a blood test request form.

Core Opening Hours:8.00am – 5.30pm
Email:[email protected]
Telephone Number:030 0300 1710

For test results, please contact the practice between 2.30PM and 4.30PM

Please allow a minimum of 1 week for test results to be available.

Non-urgent advice: Please note

The practice has a strict policy regarding confidentiality and data protection and we will only release test results to the person to whom they relate unless that person has given prior permission for the release of this data or they are not capable of understanding the results.