Please note the minimum timeframes from the date of your test when requesting your results, unless your doctor indicates otherwise:
- Blood tests, swabs, urine and stool samples - 1 week
- Sputum sample - 2 weeks
- ECG (heart tracing) - 1 week
- X-rays, ultrasound and scans - 2-6 weeks
- CT & MRI scans - 4-6 weeks
- 24 hour blood pressure or heart rate monitor, 7 day heart monitor & echocardiogram (heart scan) - 4 weeks
- Endoscopy & Colonoscopy - 4 weeks
- Smear/HPV Test - 8 weeks (your results will be sent directly to your home address)
For investigations ordered by a hospital doctor, please ask the hospital how they will get the result to you
GPs are not responsible for giving out test results done by hospital specialists