Tests & results

Blood tests are taken by our Phlebotomist, by appointment only on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.

• Please ensure you drink plenty of water before your test, including fasting blood tests.
• Please allow at least 2 working days for results to be available.
• Please ring the surgery for the results between 12.30pm and 3.00pm Monday to Friday.
• To maintain patient confidentiality, we only release results to the patient, unless alternative arrangements have been agreed in writing.

Please ask at reception for a suitable container to provide a urine specimen in.  We cannot accept specimens provided in glass jars.  Any patients that provide a specimen in a glass jar will be given the appropriate plastic container to transfer the specimen into.  Please ensure your name and date of birth have been written on the pot label (and if you remember, to put the date and time taken).

• If possible, please obtain a specimen after a bath or shower
• Pass a small amount of urine into the toilet, then pass enough urine to fill the pot.  Pass any remaining urine into the toilet
• Secure the lid, but not too tightly as to cause the pot to crack or give medical personnel difficulty in re-opening
• Please allow at least 2 working days for urine results to be available and you must contact us for the results.

If your test results show that you need more tests or treatment, we will contact you.

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

• in your NHS account (through the NHS website or NHS App)
• phone or visit us between 9am to 5pm and we will tell you what the results are

Questions about your results

If you want to talk to someone about your results, fill out our test results request form and someone will be in touch.