Skene Medical Group - About medical tests and how to get your results

Test Results

Tel: 01224 849392

Information on results is given Monday to Friday between 11.00-12.30 and 13.30-16.00.

Results can sometimes take a few days to come back from the labs and be reported on. You will be advised to call back for your results in a few days.

Our administration team are not clinically trained to interpret results therefore can only give out the information that the GP or Nurse Practitioner has asked them to. Normally you will be notified by the administration staff or clinician if you need to make a follow up appointment or have further tests. The GP will also normally advise if they want to discuss your results with you in an appointment.

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.

Patient Notice

We will do our best to contact you personally to tell you a result if the GP or Nurse wishes that you be contacted rather than wait for you to phone in for your result. The Administration team will not normally leave a message on a phone answering machine, unless it is obviously a personally messaged mobile phone, this is because of Data Protection and adherence to patient confidentiality legislation.

Please also take note that you generally will be called from the surgery on a landline that has 'number withheld' or 'unknown caller' ID.

Blood Tests

blood_tests_4 A blood test is when a sample of blood is taken for testing in a laboratory. Blood tests have a wide range of uses and are one of the most common types of medical test. For example, a blood test can be used to:

assess your general state of health
confirm the presence of a bacterial or viral infection
see how well certain organs, such as the liver and kidneys, are functioning

A blood test usually involves the Healthcare Assistant taking a blood sample from a blood vessel in your arm. and the usual place for a sample is the inside of the elbow or wrist, where the veins are relatively close to the surface. Blood samples from children are most commonly taken from the back of the hand. The child's hand will be anaesthetised (numbed) with a special cream before the sample is taken.

You can find out more about blood tests, their purpose and the way they are performed on the NHS Choices website. NHS Choices website.

X-Ray

doctor examining an x-ray An X-ray is a widely used diagnostic test to examine the inside of the body. X-rays are a very effective way of detecting problems with bones, such as fractures. They can also often identify problems with soft tissue, such as pneumonia or breast cancer.

If you have a X-ray, you will be asked to lie on a table or stand against a surface so that the part of your body being X-rayed is between the X-ray tube and the photographic plate.

An X-ray is usually carried out by a radiographer, a healthcare professional who specialises in using imaging technology, such as X-rays and ultrasound scanners.

You can find out more about x-ray tests, how they are performed, their function and the risks by visiting the NHS Choices website.

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