Information for patients

You may be referred to the pathology department by your GP for a blood test, or a variety of other tests to help with diagnosing and monitoring certain medical conditions.

Please follow the links below for information on:

• Coming for a blood test

• Delivering a sample to pathology

• Collecting stool samples for detection of occult blood

• 24-hour urine collection

• Fasting for serum lipid determination

• Fasting blood tests

• Having a transfusion  

• Attending the medical investigation unit (MIU) for glucose tolerance tests or Synacthen tests

• Information about thrombosis

• How to collect and deliver semen samples