A female health panel covering hormones, thyroid, iron, vitamin D and organ function, reviewed by a GP.
Referred by a GMC-registered GP, results reviewed by the same doctor
Taken at a partner site near you
Results explained in plain English, not just a number
Your NHS records in the room, with your consent
Care led personally by Dr Khan
Attentive, unhurried care that listens properly
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The Well Woman panel screens across cardiovascular risk, blood sugar, liver, kidney, thyroid, iron and hormones in a single blood draw.
Two things make it worth doing properly rather than as a tick-box. Iron deficiency is extremely common in menstruating women and frequently goes unrecognised because haemoglobin stays normal long after stores have emptied. And thyroid disease — which is markedly more common in women — produces symptoms that get attributed to stress, motherhood or age for years before anyone measures anything.
Iron status with ferritin — arguably the most valuable single component. Ferritin identifies deficiency long before anaemia appears, and symptoms commonly begin below 30 even though laboratories often only flag below 15.
Thyroid — including antibodies, which establish whether a borderline result is autoimmune and therefore likely to progress. Antibodies are the marker most often omitted and the one most likely to change what happens next.
Cardiovascular — full lipid profile with hs-CRP, feeding into a formal risk calculation. Cardiovascular risk in women rises significantly after the menopause and is consistently under-assessed relative to men.
Diabetes — HbA1c, which matters particularly in PCOS, where insulin resistance is central and frequently unmeasured.
Liver, kidney, bone health with vitamin D, urinalysis and full blood count.
CA-125 is included, and deserves a caveat rather than a headline. It is raised by endometriosis, fibroids, infection and even menstruation, so an isolated raised result in a premenopausal woman usually means very little. It is far more informative after the menopause. We would rather explain that upfront than have a flagged number cause unnecessary alarm.
Worth stating plainly: women's symptoms — particularly fatigue, pain and anything hormonal — are dismissed at a well-documented rate. Objective results are sometimes what it takes for a concern to be treated seriously, and that is a legitimate reason to test.
Included: full blood count · heart health with cholesterol, LDL, HDL, ratio, triglycerides and hs-CRP · liver function · kidney function · diabetes markers including HbA1c · bone health with vitamin D · iron status including ferritin · urinalysis · thyroid function with antibodies · CA-125 · full hormonal profile including oestradiol, FSH, LH, progesterone, prolactin and testosterone.
1. Consultation. We cover your cycle, symptoms and history, which determines both what is measured and when the sample should be taken.
2. Referral. To a Randox Health clinic.
3. The sample. Fasting is usually required. If hormone measurement is part of your panel and you still have periods, the sample is usually taken on days 2 to 5 of your cycle — hormone levels vary enormously across the month and a sample taken at the wrong point is not comparable to a reference range. Hormonal contraception also affects results; tell us what you take.
4. Results review. A GP goes through everything against your symptoms, explains what a borderline ferritin or TSH means for you specifically, and sets out what to do about it — including what the CA-125 does and does not tell you.
Fasting is usually required. Some hormone tests need to be taken on specific days of your cycle, typically days 2 to 5.
In practice, most commonly: iron deficiency, vitamin D deficiency, thyroid abnormalities, and raised cholesterol or HbA1c.
Iron deficiency is the standout — extremely common in menstruating women, frequently symptomatic, and present with a completely normal full blood count. Ferritin is what shows it, and it is the single most useful result on the panel.
Reference ranges are set so that around 5 per cent of healthy people fall outside them on any given test. Run twenty tests and a slightly abnormal result is more likely than not.
Most borderline results mean nothing at all and simply need repeating. That is not a flaw in the testing — it is how reference ranges work, and knowing it in advance saves a good deal of worry.
The three NHS screening programmes, which are free, evidence-based and considerably more valuable than any private blood panel:
No blood test substitutes for any of them.
It is the single most valuable measurement for long-term health, and it is free. Many pharmacies check it without an appointment.
There is no good evidence that general health checks in people without symptoms reduce death or serious illness. That has been tested repeatedly.
What broad panels reliably produce is borderline results, which lead to repeat tests, sometimes scans, and worry — in people who were well to begin with.
We say this because it is true, not because we do not want the work.
Examine you. No breast examination, no cervical screening, no blood pressure measurement — all of which are done by NHS services free.
Which means a lump you have found needs seeing in person, urgently, not investigating by blood test.
Where you have symptoms, a family history, or a specific risk factor. A targeted test asking a real question is worth far more than a broad panel asking none.
In rough order of value, and all free:
If you have not done these, they are a better use of your time than a private panel — and we would rather say so than take the fee.
Symptoms, a family history, or a specific question. Then testing is targeted, and the consultation is worth having.
It comes as part of the Randox panel rather than because we would order it as a screen. CA-125 is not a screening test for ovarian cancer, and in premenopausal women it is raised by endometriosis, fibroids, infection and even menstruation.
We explain it before you test rather than after a flagged number appears, and we would not recommend paying extra to add tumour markers to any panel.
Probably not, and we will say so.
General health screening in people without symptoms has not been shown to reduce death or serious illness, and broad panels reliably generate borderline results that lead to more testing.
The NHS screening programmes are a different matter — those are targeted, evidence-based, and free.
Absolutely not, and this is the most important thing on the page.
Cervical screening prevents cancer by finding and treating changes before they become cancerous. No blood test does anything comparable.
It is free, from age 25 — and uptake has been falling, which is a genuine problem.
No. Breast screening is mammography, free from 50 to 71 and by self-referral after that.
There is no reliable screening test for ovarian cancer. CA-125 is not recommended for screening women without symptoms — it produces false positives that lead to scans and sometimes surgery in healthy women.
Fasting is usually required — confirm the exact requirement when booking.
If hormones are included and you still have periods, the sample should be on days 2 to 5 of your cycle.
Usually not. Reference ranges are set so around 5 per cent of healthy people fall outside them on any given test.
Across a large panel, at least one borderline result is more likely than not — and most simply need repeating.
Hormones can be included, but they will not tell you whether you are perimenopausal.
Over 45 with typical symptoms, the diagnosis is clinical — and levels fluctuate too much for a single sample to settle it. A normal FSH does not rule it out.
Ferritin, for most women. Iron deficiency is common, causes real fatigue, and occurs with a completely normal full blood count — so it is missed whenever ferritin is left out.
It matters more than most of this panel, and it is free.
Many pharmacies check it without an appointment, and high blood pressure is silent — which makes it exactly the kind of thing worth checking when you feel well.
Bowel screening, if you are 50 or over. A home kit arrives in the post, and return rates are poor — it is the easiest and highest-value thing on this page.
Clinically reviewed by Dr Mohammad Zubair Khan, GMC 7563469
Last reviewed
August 23, 2026
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It means the diagnosis can usually be made from your history and photographs, and that treatment can be arranged safely without examining you. Where a condition is not marked treatable online, it is because examination is the diagnosis — listening to a chest, feeling an abdomen, examining an ear or a joint — or because a procedure or device is needed.
Yes, where there is a genuine bacterial infection — cellulitis, impetigo, bacterial urine infections, confirmed strep throat. We will also frequently tell you that you do not need one. Most sore throats, coughs, colds and earaches are viral, and an antibiotic gives you the side effects with none of the benefit.
If your problem turns out to be genuinely outside what we can do remotely, the doctor will tell you straight away, point you to the right service, and refund your fee in full. We would rather do that than fill twenty minutes to justify the charge.
Call 999 or go to A&E — do not book an online appointment and do not wait for a reply to an email. For urgent problems that are not emergencies, NHS 111 is available 24 hours a day, online or by phone, and can direct you to the right service.
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