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Where to have Blood Test ?

Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 11:47am
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Jan49

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Hello all members. 

Where would a resident ( one who lives in San Luis & comes under the England S1 agreement ) go for a blood test, to have their "Ferritin"  level measured ?. 

Blood tests are regularly required for Heaemochromatosis, ......which is a long term condition .

Would such regular blood tests need to be done at a Hospital, or is there a clinic in San Luis where regular blood tests could be done ?

Member comments are welcome.

Regards, Jan.

marcliff

Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 11:59am

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Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 11:59am

All medical centres have nurses who regularly take bloods for testing. You need to see the receptionist at your health centre or get a request from your GP. These are usually done at 0800 as the bloods are taken to the laboratory at the hospital and the results sent to your GP.

Our nurses do it every day Mon to Thu at 0800 and you get the appointment time and date attached to your blood test request issued by the GP and simply hand it to the nurses. Some are first come first served and others will call you by name. 

The same as UK, you will only be called in to your GP if there is a problem. 

When you say "comes under the S1 agreement" have you registered it with the INSS and got a SIP card? In which case no problem as you will have been allocated a health centre and a GP shown on the back of the card. 

If a necessary and frequent blood test requirement you can use your GHIC or EHIC and the clinic will do it and the one for San Luis is on Calle Pujol. 

Jan49

Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 12:06pm

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Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 12:06pm

marcliff wrote on Fri Jan 24, 2025 11:59am:

All medical centres have nurses who regularly take bloods for testing. You need to see the receptionist at your health centre or get a request from your GP. These are usually done at 0800 as the bloods are taken to the laboratory at the hospital and the results sent to your GP.

Our nurses do it every day Mon to Thu at 0800 and you get the appointment time and date attached to your blood test request issued by the GP and simply hand it to the nurses. Some are first come first served and others will call you by name. ...

...

The same as UK, you will only be called in to your GP if there is a problem. 

When you say "comes under the S1 agreement" have you registered it with the INSS and got a SIP card? In which case no problem as you will have been allocated a health centre and a GP shown on the back of the card. 

If a necessary and frequent blood test requirement you can use your GHIC or EHIC and the clinic will do it and the one for San Luis is on Calle Pujol. 

Hello Marcliff member. 

Thank you for your prompt and very helpful reply.

Regards Jan 🙏

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