Test results

Getting your test results

When you’ve had a test, you’ll be told how long it’ll take to get the result.

Once a doctor has reviewed your test results, you can view them:

  • in your NHS account (through the NHS website or NHS App)

Non-urgent advice: Please Note

Our receptionists can only relay messages from your doctor, they can’t comment on your results. It’s your responsibility to check your test results and make follow-up appointments whenever necessary.

Our data protection and confidentiality policy means we can only give results to the patient themselves without prior permission.

Questions about your results

If you want to talk to someone about your results, fill out our test results request form and someone will be in touch.

Test and Referrals – Basic Overview

One of the most common forms of medical tests, blood tests can help us:
Assess your general health
Confirm a bacterial or viral infection
See how well certain organs, such as the liver and kidneys, are functioning

During a blood test, blood will be drawn from your arm, either from the inside of the elbow or wrist, or the back of the hand if the patient is a child. When taking a blood sample from a child, we always numb the injection site first.

Read more: NHS – Blood tests
An X-ray examines the inside of your body, and are very effective at detecting problems with bones, such as fractures.
X-rays can also identify problems with soft tissue, such as pneumonia or breast cancer.

During an X-ray, you’ll lie on a table or stand against a flat surface so that the part of your body being X-rayed is between the X-ray tube and the photographic plate.

Read more: NHS – X-rays
If you need further treatment we’ll refer you, many times this will be via the Electronic Referral System, which provides you with a choice of where and when to receive treatment.

To book your appointment online using the E-Referral Service you’ll need the booking reference number from your booking letter and the password or access code you were given by the person or organisation that referred you (for example your GP Practice).
If you do not have this information, contact the person or organisation that referred you.

Benefits of the service:
Shorter referral to treatment times
A choice of hospital or specialist
Choice of appointment date and time