Lab Results

Sometimes your doctor needs to take a sample of blood or urine either to discover what is wrong with you or to measure something in your blood so that the right medication is given to you. These tests could be anything from blood sugar to a full blood count or a sample of tissue to test for cancer.

While urine can generally be tested in the surgery, blood and other specimens are usually sent away for testing at a laboratory. Most results come back within 48 hours unless a very rare test is needed which has to go to a specialist lab further away when it might take a little longer.

We will always try to contact you as soon as possible with significant abnormal results (provided we have current contact details), but if you want to ring or contact us in other ways, please feel free to do so (please phone in the afternoon) - the nurse will explain the result to you after it has been checked by the doctor who ordered the test.

 

Alternately you can view your results online through the Manage My Health portal. See reception for details about setting up your online account.