Interesting facts, thanks.
LondonGirl wrote:
Yes, I know someone who went to a free testing service in London. They were going to get monitored by them, but in the end, the waiting times for appointments were prohibitative.
Yep, I can imagine that free services might be a bit slow.
You can of course pay for anything you like, there are rules about a Dr request for these, but most testing services have got around this one way or another. The one I onced used, Blue Horizon, my blood test results were held up for nearly a week because a Dr hadn’t looked at them yet.
That’s the thing I was wondering about – why are doctors necessary for asking for tests anywhere? Is it that they are worried about patients freaking out if they test themselves? I can’t think of any other reason.
So I suspect these rules do apply here too, they just get around them via a private GP moonlighting & offering their services. VL testing is very expensive here, around the £200 mark, so these tests can really add up. A fibroscan is £350+ – So again, if you have the dosh, you can have the tests, I guess.
Those prices are high, but I guess that must be London for anything and cheaper outside of the big cities. But the number you quoted for a fibroscan is simply absurd. I can imagine them getting away charging that for an insurance company, but for a private paying individual, that is quite a surprise.
Are there any doctorless walk-in labs in Australia?
