Important: Enable your NHS App notifications

We increasingly use the NHS App to send important information such as updates about your care or treatment, appointment information and reminders, and responses to queries or advice requests.

The NHS App is designed to notify you when a new message arrives, but you will only receive these alerts if notifications are enabled on your device. For instructions on how enable these, please click here.

Without notifications switched on, you may not realise that a message has been sent to you unless you open the app and check manually.

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Test results

Getting your test results

We will only give test results to the patient who had them.

Do not be alarmed if you are told that the doctor wants to see you to discuss your results, this does not normally mean that there is something seriously wrong!

Once a doctor has reviewed your test results, you can view them:

Page published: 9 May 2023
Last updated: 27 February 2024