Specimens must be received at the Practice by 11:15am as usually collected at 11:30am Monday to Friday and delivered to the hospital.
Results take at least two working days for blood tests, five days for infection screens, ten days for x-rays and up to six weeks for cervical smears. Please phone after 2:00 pm Monday to Friday for results. If a hospital doctor requested your test you should direct your enquiry to the hospital.
Note that 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. 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.