Age restrictions
Under 18 years of age
Our services are designed for adults (18 years or over). We are therefore unable to offer health assessments to anyone under the age of 18.
New Customers Over 88 years of age
We apply an upper age limit to support customer safety and wellbeing. Health assessments are not available to new customers over 88 years of age. This is due to the increased prevalence of certain diseases which could mean that a health assessment may not be safe or appropriate for them and results provided may cause unnecessary worry.
Pregnancy and childbirth
We are unable to carry out a health assessment if you are pregnant. There are significant physical changes during pregnancy, and results from a health assessment would not be accurate. If you have any health concerns while pregnant, please contact your GP or midwife.
If you have recently given birth you will need to wait until 3 months after giving birth to attend an assessment.
Physical Impairment
Our in-clinic health assessments are not suitable if you are unable to either:
- Stand unaided
- Get on and off a medical bed unaided
This is because some elements of our service require you to either be lying down on a medical bed or to be standing for a period of time; for example, the peripheral arterial disease ( PAD ) test, the step test, the ECG, and the biometric analysis.
If you have difficulties with movement or if you have a condition which causes any involuntary movement, spasm or tic, there will be some testing which may be unsuitable for you on the day, so please raise this with our Customer Service team.
Further restrictions and specific testing advice
We want our customers to feel empowered after a Bluecrest health assessment, which is why we have guidelines on the tests we provide. The above is not an exhaustive list; there are also guidelines for customers with pacemakers, anyone who has recently had surgery and other concerns. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Services team.
Lung Function Test This test is available to customers under the age of 80. We are unable to perform this test on customers with a very high blood pressure, or those who have experienced a recent heart attack, stroke, pneumothorax and those customers with aneurysms or undergone recent head or neck surgery.
PAD (peripheral arterial disease test) This test is available to customers between the ages of 40-79 years. The test involves a tight cuff around your limbs and therefore customers with oedema, varicose veins on both legs or suffered a deep vein thrombosis within three months should not undergo this test
Venepuncture If you have had lymph nodes from your axilla (underarm) removed or an arteriovenous fistula, we will take blood from your other arm. If you have had nodes removed from both sides, we ask you to speak to your specialist ahead of the health assessment team and gain further advice in regard to having a blood sample taken.
Biometric test Infection control is important and therefore we are unable to perform this test if you have any open wounds on the soles of your feet. The test involves sending a small electrical impulse through your body, the biometric assessment should not be undertaken on any customer with an electrical implanted device such as a pacemaker or an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).
Fitness test This test involves stepping on and off a step for three minutes and is only recommended for customers who have good balance. The test is not available to customers with very high blood pressure or for customers who experience chest pain on exercise.
Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test A PSA test is available to men between the ages of 40 and 79. Before a PSA test, people should not have: an active urinary infection or within previous 6 weeks, ejaculated in the previous 48 hours, had a urological intervention such as prostate biopsy in the previous 6 weeks, exercised vigorously, for example cycling, in the previous 48 hours.
QFIT Bowel Cancer Screening test A QFIT bowel cancer screening test is available to customers over the age of 39 years. The test should not be carried out by customers who have an ileostomy. Women should avoid doing the test whilst they are menstruating.
Lung Cancer Test (Early CDT Lung) This test is available to customers over the age of 39 who meet specific criteria. Please discuss this at the time of booking. Any customer who has had a diagnosis of cancer (apart from a basal cell carcinoma) should not undergo this test.
Male Hormone tests These blood tests should be carried out before 11 am, this is because levels of testosterone in the body are determined by the circadian rhythm.
Advanced Menopause test These blood tests should be carried out before 11am, this is because levels of testosterone in the body are determined by the circadian rhythm.
We want our customers to feel empowered after a Bluecrest health assessment, which is why we have guidelines on the tests we provide. The above is not an exhaustive list and we encourage you to discuss any concerns at the time of booking.
