An apparatus and a method for measuring a property of a blood sample is shown. The apparatus comprises of a housing having an aperture a shaft mounted inside the housing a testing member rotatably mounted on the shaft an actuating member coupled to the housing and configured to exert a force against the testing member and a lancet for eliciting a blood sample fixedly coupled to and protruding substantially radially from the testing member and configured to co-rotate with the testing member. The apparatus is further configured such that the lancet is aligned with the aperture in the housing when the testing member is in a first position. The testing member is configured, in the presence of a force exerted against the testing member by the actuator member, to translate to a second position in which the lancet is in a skin penetrating position.
