Blood tests (phlebotomy)

If your consultant or GP has asked you to have a blood test at the Phlebotomy Department you will need to make an appointment.

Book an appointment using our online system

Patients under the age of 16 who require a blood test should continue to request referrals from their GP to the Paediatric Outpatient Department.

Patients will only be seen in Phlebotomy if they have a request form completed in accordance with the Pathology Clinical Sample Acceptance Policy.

All patients must have a request from the requesting clinician before samples can be taken.

If you need to cancel an appointment you have booked, please follow the instructions in your booking confirmation email.

The majority of the Phlebotomy Service is provided at the Community Diagnostic Service. All GP patients, any patients from other community settings, and patients that require follow up blood tests for Barnsley Hospital Outpatient clinics are no longer be seen at the hospital.

Patients are seen on a strict appointment only basis, and patients can make their own appointments.

There is limited access at the Phlebotomy Outpatient Department at the Hospital. The only patients using this service are people who have been seen in the Outpatients Department that same day and require a blood test immediately after their appointment, or patients that are under Oncology services. 

Please note – patients will be screened to ensure compliance with this criteria. No appointment is necessary, but please be aware that it will be a sit and wait service and patients attending will be seen in order of test priority, not attendance times.

Patients requiring patient transport services will be brought to the hospital as there is no drop-off facility at the Community Diagnostic Centre.

Accessible parking is available at the Glass Works centre, but the Community Diagnostic Centre has no wheelchairs available, so patients who require support to travel from their car to their appointment must continue to attend the hospital site.

The Outpatients department at the Hospital is open: Monday to Friday 9.00 am – 4.45 pm

The Community Diagnostic Centre is open: Monday to Friday 8.00 am – 4.15 pm

We do not provide a service at either location on weekends or Bank Holidays.