Test Results

Getting your test results

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

  • phone us and we will tell you what the results are. Test results are only available Monday – Friday between 11.00 am and 1.00 pm.  Please wait at least 7 days after your test before contacting the surgery unless the Doctor has asked you to ring earlier.

Smear test results can take up to 16 weeks and you will receive your result by letter from the health board.

Please remember that staff may have to ask questions to establish your identity and to assess the best course of action for your enquiry, to obtain details to pass on to the doctor. Such questions are meant to help you and are not designed to be obstructive or intrusive.

Our Reception staff are not qualified to comment on results therefore it is your responsibility to check them and make any necessary follow-up appointment with the Doctor.

Non-urgent advice: Questions about your results

If you want to talk to someone about your results, contact our team to discuss.
You can find out more about blood tests, their purpose and the way they are performed on the NHS Inform website.

Non-urgent advice: Confidentiality

The NHS has strict policies relating to confidentiality and data protection and we can only release test results to the adult to whom they relate unless that person had given prior permission for the release of their data and information or are not capable of understanding the results.

Non-urgent advice: If the test was arranged by your hospital consultant

If your test has been carried out at a Clinic or Hospital please call the Clinic or Hospital for the result, as we cannot action tests which have been requested by other Clinicians outwith the practice.

Non-urgent advice: Laboratory tests

For information on what your laboratory test results mean please visit Lab Tests Online.
Please note, this website does not give you access to your actual results, but will provide an explanation of what the varying tests are and what the results mean.
All specimens must be provided in a suitable container and marked clearly with name, date of birth, date provided and reason for the specimen. Failure to do so may mean that the test will need to be repeated. 
Please note that when bringing in a sample to the surgery only samples in the correct container can be accepted. These are available from reception.
These results will not appear on any NHS systems, therefore are not accessible to NHS clinicians (unless the referral was made by your NHS care provider). If you have had tests outside of the NHS it is your responsibility to provide us with copies or originals of all the test results in order that we do not duplicate tests. If you are unable to do so you may be referred to an appropriate UK setting for the same test. This is to ensure we comply with best practice care standards. If you do not wish to have a repeat test you will be asked to give informed dissent.