Test Results

Check your results online via the online portal.  You will need to have registered to use this service..  

Blood results

• take 1-7days to come back
• Once the result is back the doctor will review it, and any comments visible in your online patient notes. 
• If there is any action necessary, it will be written in your notes. 
• If your result is not visible in 10 days, contact us.

Patients who do not have access to the internet can contact 01223 364127 after 2pm for results from our receptionists. 

Please note that for confidentiality reasons we can only discuss results with the patient, unless the patient has specifically requested otherwise.

If we get an urgent result we will try to contact you. 

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

Test results will always be sent to the medical team who requested the result.

GPs will sometimes refer you to the hospital (e.g. for a blood test, an x-ray or ultrasound).  

• Results will come back to the GP and will be visible in your patient record once the GP has had chance to review them.  
• Check your results via the online portal.
• If the result is not in the portal then it is not ready yet. 
• If you are concerned that it is taking too long, please contact the hospital department who did your test.  The contact details will be on your hospital appointment card or outpatient letter.

Tests arranged by the hospital team (e.g. blood test at the hospital, CT, MRI, angiogram)

• Results will go to the requesting hospital team. 
• The team will review and write to the GP and the patient. You will get the result at the same time as us.
• If you are concerned that it is taking too long, we suggest that you:
  • Check your GP notes on line If the result is not in your GP notes, we do not have them.
  • If you are registered check your hospital online portal for Addenbrooke's this is "MyChart" Cambridge University Hospitals MyChart - Login Page
  • Contact your hospital team their details will be on the referral letter

We can not:

• Chase hospital test results
• Interpret them 
• Give advice on what to do next

This will be dne by the specialist hospital team. 

If you are having trouble contacting the hospital team about it we suggest you contact the hospital patient and advice liaison service PALS - Support and contact for patients and families | CUH

We can not carry out X-Rays at the surgery.  If one is recommended we will refer you to the hospital, or to another NHS centre.

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