An important principle in the NHS is that a result of a test goes back to the requesting clinician.

Tests requested by a hospital doctor will go back to the hospital to review and the surgery is unlikely to know the result before you do. 

Tests requested by the GPs at the surgery come back to the requesting GP or your Registered GP.

• Timescales for vary from around 3 days to several weeks for more complex tests.
• The GPs then have to review the results along with your notes and decide what action is required.
• Please bear this in mind when considering whether you should contact the surgery to chase the result.

The practice has a “No News is Good News” policy on results. For those patients who need further investigations or a follow-up appointment, you will be contacted by phone, text or email. If we are unable to reach you then a letter will be sent.

You can view your results on the NHS App. 

You are also welcome to ring the practice. As our phone lines are very busy in the morning, we ask you to phone from 14:00 if you would like to check your results.

• Please note that we do have a strict policy regarding confidentiality and data protection. In this respect we will only give out results to the person they relate to unless that person has given prior written permission for their release or if they are not capable of understanding them.