- A home sample kit with clear collection and return instructions
- Core heart, metabolic, liver and kidney context
- Results presented in plain English
- A record inside My Timber so the result is not lost in an email

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A clearer picture.
Understand the proposed health check, what it may cover and how the route would work.
- What it covers
- How it works
- What comes next
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Know what you’re choosing.
A joined-up home health check for the markers that commonly sit behind weight, heart and metabolic risk. It is designed to turn a laboratory report into a useful conversation and a sensible next step.
What the route would need to include.
- Complete the health questions before sampling
- Collect the sample at home and return it as directed
- Review each result in context rather than chasing one number
- Escalate anything needing clinical attention through the advised route
Useful for the right bloke. Not magic.
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Who it’s for
Men who want to understand their wider health without starting with a diagnosis.
The positives
- Taken at home and returned by post
- Brings key health markers into one understandable picture
- Creates one useful next step instead of a wall of numbers
Who it’s not for
Urgent symptoms or anyone who needs immediate medical care.
The honest negatives
- A blood test is a snapshot, not a guarantee that everything is fine
- Some results need follow-up with a clinician or your GP
- Home samples occasionally need to be repeated
When this is not the next step.
Chest pain, severe breathlessness, fainting, new weakness or confusion need urgent medical help. A postal blood test is never the right first step for acute symptoms.
Evidence before shelf space.
This route earns its place by solving a defined health problem. These are the standards and public-health sources behind the decision.
The NHS Health Check combines measurements and questions to estimate cardiovascular risk; no single blood marker tells the whole story.
Read NHS Health Check ↗High blood pressure and early kidney disease can exist without obvious symptoms, which is why appropriate measurement and follow-up matter.
Read NHS: chronic kidney disease ↗Evidence checked 7 September 2026. Sources can change; the latest linked guidance takes precedence.
A useful baseline for your heart, metabolic health, energy and longer-term Journey.
Under the bonnet
Results become a baseline beside weight, waist, sleep and energy.
Review the explained picture and act on the one marker or habit that matters most.
The proposed steps, once available.
These steps describe the intended service, not a booking or a promise of clinical follow-up. Ask about availability before making plans around it.
- 01Choose the test
- 02Complete the health questions
- 03Receive and return your home kit
- 04See your results and next step in My Timber
Before you decide.
Does it diagnose everything?
No. It provides a structured snapshot. Results, symptoms and medical history still need to be considered together.
What if a result is outside range?
The result journey explains the appropriate next door, including routine or urgent clinical follow-up where needed.
Keep it connected to the reason you started.
You can use My Timber today for your own goals, check-ins and progress. Reading this guide or saving an interest does not book a test, arrange treatment or create clinical follow-up.
