Investigations

Blood tests

Your GP will create a form.

You need to take a printed copy of this to your appointment, so if you receive it by text or email and don’t have a printer, please ask at reception.

You can book your appointment by calling 01702 746065 or on https://www.swiftqueue.com/ 

If you need to FAST for your test it will say FASTING LIPIDS or FASTING GLUCOSE on the form.

X-Rays

ST ANDREWS XRAY DEPT IS CLOSED UNTIL THE END OF JUNE. OUR NEAREST CENTRES ARE BRENTWOOD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, ORSETT HOSPITAL AND BASILDON HOSPITAL. These are open Monday to Friday 9-4. 

For most Xrays, the GP will refer you, and you will then be contacted with a link to swiftqueue so you can book your scan. 

If the GP asks you to go for a Chest Xray please go to one of the above centres during their opening times (ie Not St Andrews currently!)

Results

We do not contact patients with results, and instead ask you to obtain your own results as below. 

If you have SystmOne online you can check to see when your results come in. They will be labelled to explain the next steps needed ie 'Needs to Speak to GP/ Nurse' in which case you would need to book an online appointment by calling reception. 

If you don't have access to SystmOne please call reception for your results between 1pm and 6pm. They will book you a follow up appointment as needed. 

Blood tests tend to take about 2 days to get back to us. 

Xrays results tend to take at least 7 days (and sometimes much longer).