Can Doctors charge for routine Blood Tests ??

Martina1991 · 09-12-2019 6:54pm

Emma Mysterious Visitor wrote:

I don't know about Blanchardstown specifically, but in other Dublin hospitals your consultant orders your bloods on the computer system. You show up at the walk-in Outpatient bloods clinic, and the phlebotomist checks your hospital number and sees what was ordered. Just randomly turning up would mean no bloods ordered and so no test could be done. You would be directed to make an appointment for the gp bloods service through the booking system.

The system your describing isn't available outside of Dublin.

In some parts of the country the GP fills out the request form, the patient has the bloods taken in the surgery or goes to the hospital phlebotomist in the outpatient dept and had them taken there prior to their next consultant appointment.

r93kaey5p2izun · 09-12-2019 6:59pm

Martina1991 wrote: »

The system your describing isn't available outside of Dublin.

In some parts of the country the GP fills out the request form, the patient has the bloods taken in the surgery or goes to the hospital phlebotomist in the outpatient dept and had them taken there prior to their next consultant appointment.

Yes but the poster is in Dublin. And he will not be able to just go to the walk in outpatient clinic in Blanch if they are gp bloods.

jeffk · 09-12-2019 7:04pm

Funny herself couldn't believe this, saying there's certain days and time frame for bloods, and you just walk in with envelope

She's down in navan

jeffk · 10-12-2019 11:27am

Rang Blanchardstown

6 weeks waiting
No walk in

Took details of cancellation

Then I've to call tomorrow as texts go out and people might cancel

Just got call for cancellation for Friday

Can Doctors charge for routine Blood Tests ??

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