Test Results

 

Your Results

It is your responsibility to check your results and to make an appointment to discuss them with your doctor if your are advised to do so.

If the doctor arranges blood or urine tests, the results usually reach the surgery in one week. X-ray, cervical smear and biopsy results usually take longer.

Unless you have an appointment for review, you should telephone the surgery between 2pm and 4pm to enquire if the result needs further attention.

The practice has a strict policy regarding confidentiality and data protection and we will only release test results to the person to whom they relate unless that person has given prior permission for the release of this data or they are not capable of understanding the results.

When you take your test you will be told how long it will be before the results are returned to the practice.

general practitioner speaking to a patient