Menopause Health Blood Test

Menopause starts when you’ve not had a period for 12 consecutive months. According to the NHS, the average age women in the UK start menopause is 51, but it can start earlier or later.

Perimenopause is the phase leading to menopause, and is when you’ll experience most of the symptoms associated with menopause, such as night sweats, brain fog and irregular periods.

Women can be at an increased risk of osteoporosis after menopause due to the impact it can have on bone health. It is advisable for women to regularly test bone health biomarkers during this period of their life.

Menopause is a point in time, marked by not having had a period for 12 consecutive months. The phase after menopause is called postmenopause and lasts for the rest of your life.

Before you reach menopause, you’ll go through a phase called perimenopause. This can last up to 10 years, during which your periods will become irregular as you transition to menopause.

Yes. This test is suitable for women who are on HRT. It is also useful for understanding if you are on the right dose of HRT as it measures your levels of oestrogen.  Repeating the test over time will enable you to see if your oestrogen levels are declining further, requiring a possible change in your HRT dose.

If you’re still having periods, collect your blood sample on the 3rd day of your period. If you no longer have periods, you can take the test at any time.

Our labs have conducted stability validation on all the markers offered by Forth. Corrected Calcium has a shorter stability time than the majority of markers of around 2 – 3 days. Forth provides a Tracked 24 return envelope in all kits to return samples to the lab within 24 hours. In the majority of cases, samples are returned within the stability time. If a sample arrives outside this time, this result will not be provided to you.

We keep you updated throughout the process by email and text message.

We will let you know when your blood sample has arrived at our lab.  Once the blood sample has been analysed one of our doctors will review your results.

Once your results are ready, we will email you and send you a text message to let you know your results are ready for you to view in your health dashboard.

If you order your test before midday on a Monday to Friday then your kit will be dispatched
the same day.

All our kits are sent out via Royal Mail first class post, so it should be with you within 1-2
working days.

We have strict processes in place to ensure the protection of your data. Following GDPR the company also operates under tight legal rules about the sharing of data which ensures that data is only shared if it is crucial to the delivery of our service. For example, our doctors see customer results at the time of review, however, after review, access to results is withdrawn.

Learn more about your data security.

Yes. We offer two options if you do not want to do our finger prick test. The first is a home appointment where a nurse comes to your home to take a blood sample. The second is to visit a Phlebotomy clinic near you that offers a blood sample service.

A blood sample will be taken from your vein and we will provide you with everything you need to give to the nurse to allow them to take the sample.

The nurse will give you the blood sample to return to us using the pre-paid envelope provided.

We have a team of doctors and nurses who look at all results and will comment on any results that are outside of the normal range for your age.

Yes, you can download your results from your health dashboard as a PDF to share with your GP.

Learn how to export your results.