Nurse home visit service

Our nurses can visit you at your home or place of work to take your blood quickly, conveniently and professionally. All nurses are registered with the NMC and are a minimum Band 5 - simply choose the tests that you need, and select a nurse home visit at checkout. We charge a nominal fee of £55 for this extra service which is very convenient for those without the ability to travel to a clinic.

Let us Come to You.

Once you have placed an order for your required blood tests online, selecting a nurse home visit as your collection option in checkout, we will send you out the relevant blood test kit by post. If you have supplied us with your mobile telephone number we will also send you a text message to confirm that we have passed your details to your local nurse.

Nurse Visit Procedure - How it Works

First Contact

The nurse will attempt to contact you in the following days after you confirm patient details and they will try to arrange a mutually convenient time to meet at your home or place of work to take your blood. A confirmation will also be sent to you by text message, along with a reminder text, generally the day before. Appointments will be made when a mutually convenient slot can be agreed on by yourself and the nurse. The lead time is on average about a week, but will depend upon factors such as current workload and geographical constraints.

We recommend Monday to Wednesday appointments, but see below for more details about Posting the Sample to the Laboratory.

Nurse Arrival

When you nurse arrives your blood will be taken professionally, and in some circumstances the nurse may also be able to post your blood to our Laboratory for you in a standard postbox, although if you wish to use a next day delivery service you will have to take it to the post office yourself.

You'll likely be asked for Photo-ID, so if you have a Passport or a Driving License Please have it ready.

Is Success Guaranteed?

A successful blood draw is not guaranteed - although each of the contract nurses that Blue Horizon use has been picked for their phlebotomy skills, blood draw can often be problematic (even in a hospital environment for instance). If the nurse fails to successfully take a sample you will not be charged.

We can either refund you
in full for the Kit and the Phlebotomy Appointment, or you can choose to request another appointment. Although you don’t have to pay for this, in the event of a second collection failure you will not get the phlebotomy portion of your total
payment refunded.

Posting Your Sample Back to The Laboratory.

It is your reponsibility to post the sample back in the supplied envelope to the Laboratory if your Nurse draws a successful sample - but when do I post it and should I upgrade to a Guaranteed Next Day Service at my own expense??

The Sample Should Be Taken on a Monday, Tuesday
or Wednesday and Sent back to the Laboratory Using the Supplied Royal Mail Tracked
24 Envelope. Although it is not guaranteed, the Sample will usually arrive the
next day – find a Priority Post-box if you can. If you want more reassurance
then you should upgrade at your local Post Office to a Next Day Return Service
at your own cost, in which case you can also send on a Thursday. As this is a Royal
Mail Service you should factor in strikes, Bank Holidays and the lead up to
Christmas in your personal assessment of needing to upgrade.

The Sample for this Test MUST arrive in the
Laboratory the next day as delay may result in sample degradation. Take Sample on
a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday and Post it on the Same Day. You will need
to upgrade at your local Post Office to a Next Day Return Service at your own
cost. As this is a Royal Mail Service you should factor in strikes, Bank
Holidays and the lead up to Christmas in your personal assessment of when to
send.

The Sample is Extremely Stable for many days.
You are able to send using the supplied return envelope on any day of the week,
although if you wish to upgrade to enable faster results or to take advantage
of tracking then you may do so at your own cost. As this is a Royal Mail
Service you should factor in strikes, Bank Holidays and the lead up to
Christmas in your personal assessment of when to send.