PRIVATE BLOOD TESTS
Curated by clinicians. Taken in clinic. Explained by a doctor.
Explained, one to one, by our medical team
At BLISS, we are committed to proactive health management through prevention and early screening. We have developed a comprehensive range of blood test packages, each designed around the health priorities that matter at a particular stage of life.
A blood test is note finished when the results arrive, we know it is finished when you understand them.
Blood packages to your stage of life
Health needs change significantly across a lifespan, and screening should change with them.
Our packages were developed by BLISS team to reflect the physiological and preventive priorities of each stage: from establishing a healthy baseline in early adulthood, through the demands of midlife, to the age-related considerations of later years, alongside the distinct needs of fertility, pregnancy and postpartum recovery.
Each package is built to give meaningful, clinically relevant insight appropriate to your circumstances. We focus not on the longest possible list of markers - the right ones.
Understanding your results
A blood test is only genuinely valuable when its findings are properly understood.
Every BLISS blood test comes with a comprehensive, individualised explanation from a member of our team. We take you through your results in clear language, explain what they mean for your health, and recommend further clinical review where it is warranted.
And the panels are built by the people who actually explain them. While most panels sold online are assembled commercially, to hit a price point, by people who will never have to account for a result, ours are put together by our medical team whom you will meet in person.
Bliss Blood Panels
Longevity & Healthy Ageing
Longevity is about living well. Our longevity panels give you meaningful insight into the biological markers associated with healthy ageing, so you can take a proactive, evidence-based approach to your long-term vitality.
These panels look beyond routine screening, assessing markers linked to metabolic health, cardiovascular risk, inflammation, hormonal balance and organ function. Where relevant, results are considered alongside lifestyle factors such as nutrition, activity and sleep, to identify opportunities for meaningful, sustainable change.
As the priorities of healthy ageing differ by sex, life stage and lifestyle, we offer panels tailored to each.
Panel
For Her
What it’s for
A comprehensive view of the long-term health, vitality and disease preventionThe perimenopausal transition: hormones, bone, cardiovascular and metabolic healthActive Sportswomen & Performance
Iron, bone, hormonal and recovery markers for women training at volumePCOS Panel
The hormonal and metabolic work-up, alongside clinical assessment
Panel
For Him
What it’s for
Men’s Longevity Panel
The full baseline: cardiovascular, metabolic, hormonal and organ functionMidlife Men’s Panel
Testosterone, prostate, cardiovascular and metabolic markers for midlife changeActive Sportsmen & Performance
Testosterone, iron, muscle recovery and inflammation for men training at volumeHormonal Balance Panel
A focused male hormone profileFertility, Pregnancy & Postpartum
A woman’s health needs during family planning, pregnancy and the postpartum period are distinct and require specialised attention. Each of these panels is reviewed by our medical team, who will discuss your results with sensitivity and care, and provide guidance or referral where appropriate.
Panel
What it’s for
Fertility & Preconception Panel
Hormonal balance, ovarian reserve, thyroid function and nutritional status, to support informed family planningPregnancy Panel
Routine and recommended antenatal bloods, at booking and at 28 weeksPostpartum Panel
Anaemia screening and thyroid function, to support a full recovery after deliveryPostnatal Nutrition & Wellbeing
Designed for breastfeeding mothers — the depletions that develop quietly and are rarely checkedFocused General Health Panels
Sometimes there is a question about our day to day wellbeing, we have designed these panels to help addressing and finding answers to.
Panel
Iron & Energy
Persistent tiredness, and the handful of things that most often explain itHair Health Assessment
Understanding the measurable causes of hair thinning, for women and menNutrition & Lifestyle Profile
What it’s for
Your nutritional baseline, reviewed by a doctor and a dietitianHow it works
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Our packages are organised by life stage and by question, not by biomarker count. If you are not sure which one fits, book a short call with our clinical team. We will guide you which panel is right - including, sometimes, that you do not need one at all.
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Your sample is taken in clinic by an experienced phlebotomist, in a private warm setting, with time to sit down first. A proper venous draw. No postal kits, no finger-pricks, no collecting your own blood at the kitchen table and hoping it survives the post.
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Your sample is couriered to TDL the same day.
TDL is UK's largest independent pathology provider, UKAS-accredited to ISO 15189:2022 and CQC-regulated.
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Every panel includes a consultation with a Bliss doctor. We go beyond an automated report with a paragraph of generic comment.
Your familiar clinician, in person, in a room or on a video call, who knows your history and will answer your questions.
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Obstetrics, gynaecology, fetal medicine, men's pelvic health, dietetics, physiotherapy and scar therapy all of that form our holistic care.
For example, a low ferritin, an underactive thyroid, a raised HbA1c or a low testosterone does not become a letter to and a six-week wait. It becomes part of an immediate treatment plan.
Because our aim is to know you and help on your journey.
Why not just buy a home kit?
You could, and for some things that is a perfectly reasonable choice. We would argue that a single vitamin D check three months after starting a supplement may not need a consultant.
But often home kits struggle to deliver where it matters.
Sample quality. Finger-prick collection produces small samples that can haemolyse in transit. Some markers such as full blood count, or when measuring several hormones are simply less reliable that way, and a repeat kit means further delay in your information and your potential treatment. At Bliss we take proper venous draws, couriered same-day to TDL.
Timing. FSH, LH and oestradiol only mean something on days 2–5 of a cycle. Testosterone should be drawn before 11am — a sample taken at four in the afternoon can look reassuring and mean very little. Ferritin is falsely raised by any inflammation, which is why we measure CRP alongside it. A panel that ignores all this produces numbers that look like answers and aren't.
Interpretation. "Within range" is not the same as "right for you." A ferritin of 18 is technically normal. But is not normal for someone who gave birth six weeks ago and cannot get up the stairs. Your doctor knows the context and the stage of your journey.
What happens next. The hardest part of a private blood test is usually the day after: you have a flagged result, a report and nobody to take it to. Everything we test, we can also treat… or advise that treatment is not required.
Practical detail
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No. You can book any panel directly. But your results can be shared with your GP - with your consent.
Bliss will include a covering letter explaining our findings.
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No. Blood testing is open to anyone, and many people come to us for a panel before anything else.
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Yes. Bliss Men is a full clinical service, and several of our panels — Iron & Energy, Nutrition & Lifestyle, Hair Health, The Men's Baseline, Fatherhood Ready - are carefully designed for men.
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Around 15 minutes for the blood draw itself. Our clinician will advise how long to reserve for your visit to the clinic.
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Requirement to fast prior to the blood test depends on the panel and will be advised by our clinician prior to your appointment.
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For some tests, very much — testosterone should be measured in the morning, and several hormone markers are cycle-dependent.
Each panel description states clearly, and our team will help you time your appointment when you book.
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This is genuinely common. Please tell us when you book.
We will allow extra time for your appointment, use a smaller gauge where we can, and there is no hurry.
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Regret we do not offer home visits at present.
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Our Laboratory partner
A small print that nobody asks about.. but everybody should
Every Bliss sample is analysed by The Doctors Laboratory
How accurate your result is has already been decided by the time anyone sits down to explain it to you. It was decided by who analysed the sample, on what equipment, to what standard; and by how the sample got to the lab.
At Bliss we use The Doctors Laboratory (TDL): the largest independent pathology provider in the UK, established in 1987 it is one of the largest pathology laboratories in Europe.
Why that matters to your result
UKAS-accredited to ISO 15189:2022 an international standard for medical laboratory competence. It covers analytical accuracy, sample traceability, equipment calibration, staff training and continuous quality control, and it is verified by independent assessors on an ongoing basis — not awarded once and forgotten.
Regulated by the Care Quality Commission, as we are.
Consultant-led departments. Every laboratory discipline at TDL is led by a consultant pathologist. There are specialists standing behind the numbers, and where a result is unusual, our doctors can speak to them.
Benchmarked externally. TDL participates in the same National External Quality Assessment Schemes as NHS laboratories, so its performance is measured against everyone else's rather than against its own standards.
A blood sample begins degrading from the moment it is taken. Your sample is drawn here and couriered to TDL the same day. It is not posted. It does not sit in a collection box over a weekend. It does not spend two days in a padded envelope you addressed yourself.