Labs need a doctor's request for standard blood tests. The doctor just doesn't have to be your own GP.
At any of 3,700+ partner collection centres, with no appointment. About 10 minutes.
Results against optimal ranges, usually within a few days, and a practitioner to talk them through.
The rules
Yes, if you mean without booking your GP to get a referral first. What you can't skip is a doctor's sign-off. Medicare only pays for pathology requested by a medical practitioner, a participating midwife or a participating nurse practitioner, and labs also need a doctor's request for standard blood tests such as cholesterol, iron or a full blood count, even when you pay privately. A few labs let you request a small set of tests yourself, such as immunity checks and drug screens, with no Medicare rebate.
What has changed is who arranges it. You used to need a GP appointment. Now online health services arrange it for you: a doctor reviews your details, signs the request and sends it to you. In practice, a "blood test without a referral" means no trip to your GP, while a doctor still signs off.
Your options
Here is how the three routes compare.
A GP visit is still the right choice if you feel unwell or have symptoms that need diagnosing. See when to see your GP instead.
How it works
Start with the Baseline Health Check, which covers 70+ markers across heart, metabolic, liver, kidney, blood, thyroid and nutrient health. Members can add specialty tests, such as hormone panels, to the same blood draw.
For your Baseline, a GP from our network checks your request in a short telehealth consult. Your referral then arrives in the app, usually the same day. Add-on tests are signed by a doctor too, without another consult.
Take your referral to any of our 3,700+ accredited partner collection centres. No appointment is needed and the draw takes about 10 minutes. If you are doing a Baseline, fast overnight and drink water as normal.
Results land in the Vively app, usually within a few days. Each marker shows where you sit against the lab range and against our optimal range, with your trend over time. Browse what each marker means in our test library.
A Vively practitioner reviews your results with you after every Baseline, explains what matters, builds your plan and checks in between tests. After 3 months, the markers your plan targets are re-tested, subject to doctor review, so you can see what has changed. If nothing needs changing, we will tell you that.
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