diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_conversation.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_conversation.py
index 014e7810d..605054c32 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_conversation.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_conversation.py
@@ -7,64 +7,57 @@ from flask import (
 from notifications_python_client.errors import HTTPError
 from tests.conftest import (
     SERVICE_ONE_ID,
-    mock_get_notifications,
     normalize_spaces,
+    mock_get_notifications,
+    mock_get_inbound_sms,
 )
 from freezegun import freeze_time
 from unittest import mock
 from app.main.views.conversation import get_user_number
 
 
-@mock.patch(
-    'app.main.views.conversation.service_api_client.get_inbound_sms_by_id',
-    return_value={
-        'user_number': '4407900900123'
-    }
-)
-@mock.patch(
-    'app.main.views.conversation.notification_api_client.get_notification',
-    side_effect=HTTPError,
-)
-def test_get_user_phone_number_when_only_inbound_exists(
-    mock_get_notification,
-    mock_get_inbound_sms,
-):
+def test_get_user_phone_number_when_only_inbound_exists(mocker):
+
+    mock_get_inbound_sms = mocker.patch(
+        'app.main.views.conversation.service_api_client.get_inbound_sms_by_id',
+        return_value={
+            'user_number': '4407900900123'
+        }
+    )
+    mock_get_notification = mocker.patch(
+        'app.main.views.conversation.notification_api_client.get_notification',
+        side_effect=HTTPError,
+    )
     assert get_user_number('service', 'notification') == '07900 900123'
     mock_get_inbound_sms.assert_called_once_with('service', 'notification')
     assert mock_get_notification.called is False
 
 
-@mock.patch(
-    'app.main.views.conversation.service_api_client.get_inbound_sms_by_id',
-    side_effect=HTTPError,
-)
-@mock.patch(
-    'app.main.views.conversation.notification_api_client.get_notification',
-    return_value={
-        'to': '15550000000'
-    }
-)
-def test_get_user_phone_number_when_only_outbound_exists(
-    mock_get_notification,
-    mock_get_inbound_sms,
-):
+def test_get_user_phone_number_when_only_outbound_exists(mocker):
+    mock_get_inbound_sms = mocker.patch(
+        'app.main.views.conversation.service_api_client.get_inbound_sms_by_id',
+        side_effect=HTTPError,
+    )
+    mock_get_notification = mocker.patch(
+        'app.main.views.conversation.notification_api_client.get_notification',
+        return_value={
+            'to': '15550000000'
+        }
+    )
     assert get_user_number('service', 'notification') == '+1 555-000-0000'
     mock_get_inbound_sms.assert_called_once_with('service', 'notification')
     mock_get_notification.assert_called_once_with('service', 'notification')
 
 
-@mock.patch(
-    'app.main.views.conversation.service_api_client.get_inbound_sms_by_id',
-    side_effect=HTTPError,
-)
-@mock.patch(
-    'app.main.views.conversation.notification_api_client.get_notification',
-    side_effect=HTTPError,
-)
-def test_get_user_phone_number_raises_if_both_API_requests_fail(
-    mock_get_notification,
-    mock_get_inbound_sms,
-):
+def test_get_user_phone_number_raises_if_both_API_requests_fail(mocker):
+    mock_get_inbound_sms = mocker.patch(
+        'app.main.views.conversation.service_api_client.get_inbound_sms_by_id',
+        side_effect=HTTPError,
+    )
+    mock_get_notification = mocker.patch(
+        'app.main.views.conversation.notification_api_client.get_notification',
+        side_effect=HTTPError,
+    )
     with pytest.raises(HTTPError):
         get_user_number('service', 'notification')
     mock_get_inbound_sms.assert_called_once_with('service', 'notification')
@@ -77,12 +70,11 @@ def test_get_user_phone_number_raises_if_both_API_requests_fail(
 ])
 @freeze_time("2012-01-01 00:00:00")
 def test_view_conversation(
-    logged_in_client,
+    client_request,
     mocker,
     api_user_active,
-    fake_uuid,
     mock_get_notification,
-    mock_get_inbound_sms,
+    fake_uuid,
     outbound_redacted,
     expected_outbound_content,
 ):
@@ -95,13 +87,16 @@ def test_view_conversation(
         redact_personalisation=outbound_redacted,
     )
 
-    response = logged_in_client.get(url_for(
+    mock_get_inbound_sms(
+        mocker
+    )
+
+    page = client_request.get(
         'main.conversation',
         service_id=SERVICE_ONE_ID,
         notification_id=fake_uuid,
-    ))
-    assert response.status_code == 200
-    page = BeautifulSoup(response.data.decode('utf-8'), 'html.parser')
+        _test_page_title=False,
+    )
 
     messages = page.select('.sms-message-wrapper')
     statuses = page.select('.sms-message-status')