Blood tests
All blood tests must have been authorised by a GP or a Hospital consultant. If you have been given a blood form from the Hospital, please bring this along to your appointment.
You will need to make a routine GP appointment to discuss any new requests for blood tests.
Blood tests cannot be done after 3:30pm as this is the last collection time for samples to go to the laboratory.
Getting your test results
Once a doctor has reviewed your test results, you can access them:
- via your NHS account (through the NHS website or NHS App)
- via your patient online services: SystmOnline
- by phoning us on 01453 883 793 after 2pm
If your test results show that you need more tests or treatment, we will contact you.
You will be asked to establish your identity before any information is given out over the telephone. Due to patient confidentiality, we are unable to share results to a third party for any patient aged 16+ without the patient’s verbal or written permission.
If you want to talk to someone about your results, fill out a test results request form and someone will be in touch.
Samples
Make sure to properly label your sample (including your name and date of birth) on both the bottle and the form, otherwise the sample may be rejected by the laboratory.
You must bring in your sample (collected/taken on the same day) to reception before 3pm. Any samples brought in after this time will not be processed as the pathology van arrives around 3:30pm to take samples to the laboratory.