Where would I go for a blood test?
Randox Health Liverpool, at Exchange Station on Tithebarn Street — central and easy to reach.
Ask your NHS GP first, though. Where the same test is free at your surgery, that is the better route and we will say so rather than take the fee.
And a scan?
Vista Health's Liverpool City Centre diagnostic centre on Duke Street, in the Ropewalks.
Ask about the NHS wait before paying, and about Right to Choose — a different NHS provider with a shorter wait, at no cost to you.
I am a student registered elsewhere. Can you see me?
Yes — and it is a common reason people book here.
But registering with a local practice is free and is the better long-term answer, and you do not need proof of address to do it. For sexual health and mental health in particular, the free local services are excellent and take self-referrals.
Do you cover the whole city?
Yes — Wavertree, Allerton, Aigburth, Woolton, Anfield, Everton, Walton, Toxteth, Crosby and Bootle.
Liverpool has some of the widest health inequality in England across short distances, and the appointment and the price are the same wherever in the city you are.
Is £40 worth paying?
Often not, and we will tell you when.
A pharmacist treating you free today beats paying us. So does a free GP blood test, free sexual health screening, and Talking Therapies for low mood.
What £40 buys is speed, and twenty unhurried minutes — not better medicine.
Can I be seen outside working hours?
Yes — 6am to 10pm, seven days a week, which covers most shift patterns at one end or the other.
Can you send a prescription to a local pharmacy?
Yes — electronically, to whichever you use. You collect it; nothing is posted.
And several things are cheaper over the counter than a prescription charge, which we will tell you.
What can you not do?
Examine you — no blood pressure, no chest, no internal examinations, no cervical screening.
And we never prescribe opioids or stimulants remotely, nor benzodiazepines or z-drugs for ongoing use.