Phlebotomy

University Hospitals Plymouth currently operates two drop-in phlebotomy (blood test) clinics available for patients over the age of 16. Routine, non-urgent patients may attend either location. GP referrals, Hospital referrals, and forms are accepted at both sites.

  • Main Outpatient Department, Level 6, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth

  • Community Hub currently at Future Inn Hotel, William Prance Road.

Patients with urgent blood requests, same day procedures, or for specialist tests (that require being on ice, being in the dark, processed within 15min, etc) must attend the main Outpatient Department at Derriford hospital.

Main Outpatient Department, Derriford Hospital

Opening times:

  • Monday to Thursday, 8am to 5:20pm (with the last patient seen at 5:10pm).

  • Friday, 8am to 4:50pm (with the last patient seen at 4.40pm).

  • Closed on Bank Holidays

 

Getting here

Main Outpatients, Level 6, Derriford Hospital, Derriford Road, Plymouth, PL6 8DH

Visit our public transport and car parking page

 

How to get your blood test:

  • Ask for Waiting Room 2 when you get to the main outpatient area.

  • There is a small waiting room shared with other outpatient clinics.

  • Take a ticket from the stand next to the phlebotomy room door. When the waiting room is full, the phlebotomy team will remove the tickets.

  • You will be called in when it is your turn.

 

Waiting Times

Wait times average 30 minutes during busy times.

 

Contact us

01752 430876

Community Hub: Future Inn Hotel

Opening times:

  • Monday to Friday, 8am to 4:45pm (with the last patients seen at 4:30pm).

  • Closed on Bank Holidays

 

Getting here

Future inns, International Business Park, 1 William Prance Road, Plymouth, PL6 5ZD

Free parking is available (car registration number must be entered after you are booked in to avoid a fine).

 

 

How to get your blood test:

  • Enter the Future Inn Hotel from the side entrance closest to the car park entrance.

  • The receptionist will check your request is on the system before you enter the waiting room. You will be given a ticket by the receptionist.

  • If your bloods are not booked into the system, you can call your clinician and chase these, but you will need to leave the queue and rejoin once your request is confirmed.

 

Waiting Times

  • This location is exceptionally busy, especially from 12pm onwards.

  • Wait times can often exceed 1.5 hours and patients arriving after 3pm are NOT guaranteed they will be seen.

 

Contact us

Reception 07826 950752

Information for staff and healthcare professionals

Phlebotomists are part of the Assistant Technical Officer (ATO) group of staff based within the Combined Laboratory. The phlebotomy team provides a venepuncture service to both inpatients and outpatients.

For safe-sample labelling requirements and procedure please refer to the Trust document ‘Hospital Transfusion Policy’ [TRW.HGV.POL.269], Blood Sampling, section 7.

 

Main Outpatient Department, Level 6, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth

  • This is the best location for patients with procedures or appointments on the same day. Please state if applicable and staff will send bloods immediately to the laboratory.

  • Unless stated as urgent, samples are collected from the clinic at 11am, 2pm, 4pm and at the end of the day.

  • Requests for specialist tests must also be done at this location (i.e. the samples must be kept on ice, in the dark, processed within 15 min).

 

The Community Hub: Future Inn Hotel, William Prance Road, Plymouth

  • Not suitable for urgent bloods, patients with procedures the same day, or for specialist tests. Please use the main OPD phlebotomy service at Derriford Hospital in the main outpatient's department, Level 6.

  • The team will pause booking in patients when the waiting room is full and over lunchtime (12pm to 1pm) when there is reduced staff in the phlebotomy room.

  • All samples are collected from the clinic and sent to the lab at 4.50 pm.

Patients under 16

The Phlebotomy team are unable to see patients under the age of 16. For patients under the age of 16 please contact:

The Children & Young Peoples Outpatients Department

Level 12

Derriford Hospital

01752 245126 or 01752 430927

Review Status

Reviewed June 2024
This page will be updated December 2024

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