Blood test · Summertown, Oxford
✓ Finger-prick sample · result while you wait · Any day of your cycle

AMH (egg reserve) test
in Oxford.

Anti-Müllerian hormone gives a guide to how many eggs remain, compared with others of your age. It is useful when you are planning ahead or before fertility treatment, and it can be done on any day of your cycle.
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£39
Finger-prick · result while you wait · Any day of your cycle
OVER 18S · NO GP REFERRAL · SUMMERTOWN
  • One fingertip sample, no needle in the arm
  • Pharmacist explains the result before you leave
  • Printed or emailed result, and a GP letter if needed
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Screening test, not a diagnosis. Out-of-range results are confirmed by a laboratory test through your GP.
Same visit
Result while you wait
£39
All-inclusive, no clinic fee
Any day of your cycle
Preparation
18+
Adults only · book online
What the test measures

What AMH tells you.

AMH is produced by the small follicles in the ovaries, so the level reflects the size of the remaining egg pool. It falls naturally with age. Fertility clinics use it to predict how the ovaries will respond to stimulation in IVF; it is also used as a guide for people thinking about egg freezing or planning when to start a family.

It can…

  • Show whether your egg reserve is lower, typical or higher for your age
  • Help you plan: egg freezing, timing a family, or the next step with a fertility clinic
  • Predict how the ovaries may respond to IVF medication

It can’t…

  • Tell you your chance of getting pregnant naturally - a low AMH does not mean you cannot conceive, and a high one does not guarantee it
  • Predict when menopause will happen
  • Say anything about egg quality
Worth booking if

A good fit if…

  • You are thinking about when to start, or extend, your family
  • You are considering egg freezing
  • You are about to start fertility treatment and want a baseline
  • You have irregular periods or a family history of early menopause and want information
See your GP first if

Not the right first step if…

  • You have been trying to conceive for a year (six months if over 35) - your GP can start NHS investigations
  • Severe period pain, very heavy bleeding or periods that have stopped
A finger-prick test cannot assess an emergency. Call 999 for chest pain, breathlessness or collapse.
Your visit

What happens, start to finish.

About thirty minutes in total, most of it the pharmacist talking you through the result.

1. Book online

Pick your test and a time at Summertown.

2. A few questions

Medicines, symptoms and consent, in the consultation room.

3. One finger-prick

A few drops onto the test cartridge. Less than a flu jab.

4. A short wait

The analyser runs while you wait in the pharmacy.

5. Result explained

Against the UK ranges, with what it can and cannot tell you.

6. Your next step

Printed or emailed result, advice, and a GP letter if one is needed.

Understanding your result

What your result looks like, and what it means.

Your printed and emailed result shows your value on a traffic-light bar like this, with a plain-English line and your next step.
Below 5
5 to 25
Above 25
Lower for most ages
Typical range
Higher
Example: 14 pmol/L sits in the green band – typical.
ResultWhat it usually meansWhat we do
Below about 5 pmol/LLower reserve for most agesWorth a conversation with your GP or a fertility clinic sooner rather than later, especially if you are planning a family.
About 5 to 25 pmol/LTypical rangeReassuring for your age; the pharmacist will explain where you sit in it.
Above about 25 pmol/LHigher reserveCan be normal, and is sometimes seen with polycystic ovaries. Your GP can put it in context.
These bands are the usual UK guide; your printed result shows the exact reference range the analyser uses. Some healthy people fall just outside a range, and one reading is a snapshot. The pharmacist reads your result with your history, and anything that needs confirming goes to your GP with a letter.
AMH FAQ

Common questions, answered.

Any day. AMH barely changes across the cycle, which is one reason clinics like it.

Hormonal contraception can lower AMH by around a fifth to a third. We note what you use and read the result with that in mind.

It means fewer eggs remain than is typical for your age; it does not measure egg quality or say you cannot conceive. It is information to plan with, and the pharmacist will talk it through.

Yes, from the same finger-prick – but progesterone has to be timed about seven days before your period, so book that day.

There is no single normal because AMH falls naturally with age. A typical range is roughly 5 to 25 pmol/L; the pharmacist reads your result against your age group and the analyser’s range.

The number of eggs remaining in the ovaries. AMH is produced by the small follicles that hold those eggs, so the level gives a guide to how many remain. It says nothing about egg quality.

Yes. Many people with a low AMH ovulate and have regular cycles. AMH is about the size of the egg reserve, not whether you ovulate this month or your chance of conceiving naturally.

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Where

MediPill Summertown

📍 227 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7HQ
📞 01865 558 348
Blood tests run Monday to Friday. Opening hours and directions →
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Who runs it

Pharmacist-led

Led by pharmacist Uthmaan Abbasi (GPhC 2237035). Analysed on a professional point-of-care analyser in our consultation room – your sample never leaves the building.

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