Single use lancing device

A lancing device comprising:

• a housing;
• a lancet comprising a needle, the lancet being configured to be movable rearwardly within the housing from an initial operational position to a retracted position;
• a shroud coupled movably to the housing and at least partially covering and extending forwards beyond a forward end of the needle before use of the lancing device;
• and
• a biasing member coupled between the lancet and the shroud,
• wherein the shroud is configured to, when pressed against skin around a sampling site, move rearwards relative to the housing and, at a first point of the rearward movement, allow the needle to contact the sampling site and subsequently, at a second point of the rearward movement, release energy stored in the biasing member to drive the lancet from the operational position to the retracted position, and
• wherein the housing comprises lancet retaining features comprising one or more deflectable legs configured to retain the lancet in the operational position until the shroud reaches the second point of the rearward movement.