I have an order sheet to present to the local blood clinic (UK NHS) for a 6-monthly HbA1c blood test so I will be going this week (it's first come first served with no appointment necessary). This will be my first but the sheet only mentioned HbA1c - does anyone know if they will test for blood lipids (cholesterol an triglycerides) and other blood parameters routinely by default or is this just an HbA1c test? If it is just for HbA1c I was wondering if I could ask my surgery to include additional tests?