You can find out your test results by ringing the surgery after 2:30pm Monday to Friday. 

If you require a hard copy of your results, please ask the Reception Team who will be able to provide this for you. (Please note that a print fee of 0.50p applies per page in line with our Environemental Sustainability policy, which can be paid in cash upon collection of the results).

Please contact the surgery after seven working days for blood test results, unless instructed otherwise by the GP or Nurse. Some more specialised blood tests can take longer than a week to be processed. 

If your bloods or any other tests have been requested by a hospital consultant, these will not come to the GP surgery and will instead go back to the consultant who requested them. The consultant will disccus the results with you in your next hospital appointment. We are unable to provide information/printouts regarding these tests. 

Please be aware that results of hospital scans or tests can take longer than a week to come through to the surgery. 

If you have had tests done by a private provider, private providers do not send copies of consultations or tests to the GP Practice. If you would like these on your record, please bring in a copy of your private notes for us to scan these onto your medical file. 

A blood test is when a sample of blood is taken for testing in a laboratory. Blood tests have a wide range of uses and are one of the most common types of medical test. For example, a blood test can be used to:

• assess your general state of health
• confirm the presence of a bacterial or viral infection
• see how well certain organs, such as the liver and kidneys, are functioning

A blood test usually involves the phlebotomist taking a blood sample from a blood vessel in your arm and the usual place for a sample is the inside of the elbow or wrist, where the veins are relatively close to the surface. Blood samples from children are most commonly taken from the back of the hand. The childs hand will be anaesthetised (numbed) with a special cream before the sample is taken.

You can find out more about blood tests, their purpose and the way they are performed on the NHS Choices website.

An X-ray is a widely used diagnostic test to examine the inside of the body. X-rays are a very effective way of detecting problems with bones, such as fractures. They can also often identify problems with soft tissue, such as pneumonia or breast cancer.

If you have an X-ray, you will be asked to lie on a table or stand against a surface so that the part of your body being X-rayed is between the X-ray tube and the photographic plate.

An X-ray is usually carried out by a radiographer, a healthcare professional who specialises in using imaging technology, such as X-rays and ultrasound scanners.

You can find out more about x-ray tests, how they are performed, their function and the risks by visiting the NHS Choices website.