Free Cholesterol tests-Lloyds Chemist?

hollydays

Would be grateful if other moneysavers could check this out.
It's a great offer.
A few weeks ago,I was told by an assistant in Lloyds chemist,that they were giving FREE cholesterol checks.Worth £14.99.

They said you had to make two purchases of Flora Pro-activ products,and produce the receipt.


A couple of weeks have gone by,and I ordered two small tubs of this cholesterol lowering margerine,£1.89 each with my online Asda shop.

I went back to the chemist and they booked an appointment for OH,in a couple of weeks time.

I offered to show her the receipt then,but she just said "bring it with you".

I am a bit concerned because I have not seen this advertised anywhere else,other than googling and finding a reference in the Dorset echo.

I am concerned in case i turn up there and they ask for the margerine offer,(usually shown on the tub? with similar offers)as it's not shown on the tub,and I can not find any reference to the terms and conditions.

Is the receipt really all i need?

What has confused me,is that she said "Tesco" aren't doing it.
But Tesco DO sell this product.

liz313

I am sure it is fine because I saw this myself (but can't remember where) as I was thinking of doing it myself. I wouldn't worry as I am sure it is fine.

angel

Don't you have to starve yourself for a cholesterol test? I know that I had to when I had one at the hospital.

Dustykitten

I had to fast aswell when I had mine. Did they tell you/your OH to fast when you booked it? If not I doubt it will be very accurate free or not. My GP will do them free with a health check anyhow.

hollydays

Ok-I will bear that in mind-it's booked for 10.30 am,so he should be able to starve for that long.

boatman

I was told to fast for 12 hours before.

Snoopy_rules

This is a genuine offer. I received details of it in the post from flora the other week. Sadly I do internet shopping with tesco and they don't give tilll receipts.

hollydays

Neither do asda,i was planning giving them the print-out.It is proof of purchase they want.

petal_2

My new nurse refused to give me a test so I had one done at Lloyds, just needed to show the receipt.

Did not need to fast, seemed very efficient, even did blood pressure. The print out thye gave you showed good and bad cholest etc. Far better information than when I had done at previous doctors!

Red_Lozzer

petal wrote: »

My new nurse refused to give me a test so I had one done at Lloyds, just needed to show the receipt.

Did not need to fast, seemed very efficient

I'm not a medical person but how can you get an accurate cholesterol reading if you havent fasted? Surely the things you've recently eaten will effect your true reading?

I'm not much of a fan of lloyds. We bought one of their blood pressure devices followed the instructions to the letter and the results were all over the place. Went to my GP and they said I was fine. The Lloyds bp device has stayed in its box since ;-)

hollydays

I tried one of these over the counter tests,but you have to chose the shade nearest to the colour on the chart,so we found it difficult to get it accurate.
All i know is the Lloyds one they test it with a machine and you have to wait 5 minutes.