NHS App
Download the NHS App, or open the NHS website in a web browser, to set up and log in to your NHS account. Owned and run by the NHS, your NHS account is a simple and secure way to access a range of NHS services online. The NHS App allows you to check your test results without having to contact the surgery.
Access your test results
When you attend for a test of any kind you will be told how long you should expect to wait for the results. We will contact you if further action is required. You will not be contacted if your result is normal. If you wish to enquire about the results of your tests, this can be done online using the NHS App.
To access your test results via the NHS app, please follow these steps below.
- Login to the NHS App on your smartphone or via your web browser using the NHS App weblink.
2. From the main menu, select ‘View your GP health record’
3. There will be a ‘sensitive information’ warning, please read the information and select ‘continue’ at the bottom of the page.
4. Select ‘Test results’ from the menu. If you can see ‘Test results’ listed in the menu, you can skip to step 6.
If you cannot see Test results, please go to step 5.
5. If ‘Test results’ is not visible in this menu, this means your practice has not yet activated you for GP online services. If you have not been activated, please contact us.
6. Here you will see all information and related comments to tests you may be awaiting results on including any previous tests you may have had.
Hospital Test Results
If your test has been carried out at a Clinic or Hospital please contact them for the result, as we may not have the results and we cannot action tests which have been requested by other Clinicians outside the practice.
We encourage patients to obtain these results directly from the hospital or clinic as they are best placed to deal with these.
Please note, any test carried out at a Clinic or Hospital will not be visible in your online record.
Confidentiality
Please note that we do have a strict policy regarding confidentiality and data protection. In this respect we will only give out results to the person they relate to unless that person has given prior permission for their release or if they are not capable of understanding them.
Information about your laboratory tests
For information on what your laboratory test results mean please visit Lab Tests Online.
Specimens
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. Please do not send a sample in the post.