An accredited laboratory
Your sample is analysed at a UKAS-accredited laboratory working to ISO 15189, the international standard for medical laboratories. Results come back with the laboratory's own units and reference ranges.
Why us
Laboratory-grade results, read by a doctor, priced honestly
privatetests puts a doctor between the laboratory and you, shows each result exactly as the laboratory reported it, and tells you before you pay what a test cannot do.
Doctor-reviewed results
In plain English, signed by a GMC-registered doctor
Laboratory testing
Read each test’s coverage and limitations
No GP referral
Order directly, no waiting list
Private & discreet
Secure results, your own private portal
What you get
A doctor reads every result
A GMC-registered doctor reviews every report, checks and edits the explanation of what the results mean together, and signs it before it is released. There is no option to receive results without a doctor reading them first, and every report shows the signing doctor's name and GMC number.
One honest price
The displayed single-test total includes the test, doctor's review and the applicable collection charge: £5.99 postage for a home kit or £55.00 for a clinic appointment. Each applicable collection charge is applied once per order, not once per test. Your basket shows the breakdown and final total before payment. No subscription or membership.
Results as the laboratory reports them
Every result is shown with the unit and reference range exactly as the laboratory sent it. We do not convert units, apply our own narrower ranges, or tell you a result the laboratory reported as normal is secretly too low or too high. If a marker is outside its range the report says so plainly, and explains what usually happens next.
Private by design
Results are released only to your secure portal, never by email or text. Your data is stored in the UK, shared only with the people needed to carry out your test or where the law requires it, and every access to a patient record is logged. You can download your signed report and take it to your own GP whenever you choose.
Honest about limits, before you pay
Every product page says who the test is for, who it is not for, and what it can and cannot tell you, before you complete checkout rather than in the small print. A blood test is one part of a picture; we say so, and we point you to your GP or NHS 111 when that is the right next step.
What we do not do
The lines we will not cross
Some of these are regulation. Most are simply what we would want from a service we used ourselves. They are written down so you can hold us to them.
- Sell supplements, memberships or 'optimisation' programmes on the back of your results
- Apply our own reference ranges, or tell you a normal result is really abnormal
- Release any result without a doctor having read it
- Include your results in an email or text message
- Sell sexual health, fertility or genetic tests to anyone under 18
- Claim a test screens for, rules out or diagnoses a condition when it does not
Common questions
Is this a replacement for seeing my GP?
No. It is a way to get accurate laboratory results, read by a doctor, without a referral or a wait. The report is written so your own GP can act on it, and it tells you when a symptom needs a GP or NHS 111 rather than a test.
Who are the doctors?
GMC-registered doctors practising in the UK, working to written clinical protocols signed off by our clinical safety officer. Every report carries the reviewing doctor's name and GMC number so you can check the register.
Why not name the laboratory?
We name our laboratory in clinical correspondence rather than in marketing. What matters for your result is the accreditation: UKAS, to ISO 15189.
What if I disagree with the doctor's note?
Email support@privatetests.co.uk with your order reference and a doctor will reply. If you want a second opinion, the signed report is yours to take anywhere.
How is my data protected?
Stored in the UK, encrypted, and accessed only by the people involved in your care, with every access logged. We never sell data or use it for advertising.
See the tests
Over 100 tests, each explained before you buy.