QUOTE (The Hatter @ Dec 20 2014, 10:40 AM)
That's pretty good I think I hope the online booking system comes as well. The way the blood test place works now is a nightmare. When I went, I tried to get it done before I went to work; there was a board showing a 45 minute wait the first couple of times I tried, so I had to take some time off one morning. I suppose there is some reason they can't do it at the Doctors surgery when you see the Doctor?
I suppose it depends on which surgery. I can make an appointment at mine to see a visiting phlebotomist. But of course you have to fit in with the times they visit.
The Doctor can't do it easily at a normal appointment as the bloods have to go off to Reading within a certain time frame. In any case, they don't have time, and their skills are better employed doing other things.
Also, at WBCH before 10.00 it's supposed to be for fasting and Warfarin blood tests only. I don't know if that will change with the appointments system.