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Test Results

Last Updated: Friday, 01 November 2024

To help us manage your condition we may ask you to go for a blood or other test. This is generally for review purposes to try to maintain your health. A blood test usually involves taking a blood sample from a blood vessel in your arm.

Blood samples from children are most commonly taken from the back of the hand whereby their hand will be anaesthetised (numbed) with a special cream before the sample is taken.

The invitation we send you for will include details of where to go to have your test and how to collect the forms you'll need to take with you. If you’ve not received this booking link, you can click here or call (0151) 285 4548.  If your child needs a test, please contact Alder Hey on (0151) 228 4811.

 

Urine and Other Specimens

If you have been asked to provide a sample to the surgery including a urine sputum, we ask that this is brought into the surgery and placed in our collection box before midday as this is the time they are collected each weekday. The only exception to this is the FIT test which can be dropped off at any time.

Please ensure all samples are labelled both on the form and on the actual sample container.

 

Results

Test results will come to the practice within a variable period of time depending on the type of test. If you want to check on a result or you have been advised to contact us for results then please do so by calling us on (0151) 256 9800. Please consider calling after 12 noon. Not only are our phone libes quieter so your call will be answered more quickly, but our staff will have more time to discuss your query and answer yur questions more thoroughly. 

Some results may be visible online via the NHS App. 

We may contact you to request that you make an appointment to see a Doctor, Nurse or Health Care Assistant following your test. Any results that require immediate treatment will be relayed to you as soon as possible.

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.