Isle of Wight hospital blood test department move at St Mary's

From Monday, (October 31), it will temporarily relocate from its current location - before reopening in the North Hospital building, on the Isle of Wight NHS Trust's site off Medina Way, in Newport.

It is part of £38m improvement plans, but it also means a smaller waiting room and reduced capacity. 

As the Isle of Wight County Press previously reported, blood tests are increasingly being carried out at GP surgeries and the NHS Trust says routine and non urgent blood tests should happen there, wherever possible. 

• Read more: Isle of Wight NHS chiefs change where blood tests take place

Here's what that means if you are going to the Isle of Wight hospital for a blood test

• Blood testing at the current phlebotomy department will stop at 11am on Friday, October 28 
• Blood testing starts again on Monday, October 31, at 7.30am, in the new North Hospital location
• Use the North Car Park, signposted from the main entrance to St Mary’s.
• Drop-off spaces and disabled parking are available

• Read more about the Isle of Wight NHS Trust's changes to blood tests HERE.
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