Gosport Medical Centre - About medical tests and how to get your results

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PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND YOUR GP PRACTICE IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH CORONAVIRUS. YOU ARE ADVISED TO STAY HOME FOR 7 DAYS. IF YOUR SYMPTOMS ARE SERIOUS OR GET WORSE, NHS111 HAS AN ONLINESERVICE THAT CAN TELL YOU IF YOU NEED FURTHER MEDICAL HELP. ONLY CALL 111 IF YOU CANNOT GO ONLINE OR ARE ADVISED TO DO SO BY THE ONLINE SERVICE.

FOR THE LATEST COVID-19 ADVICE PLEASE VISIT WWW.NHS.UK/CORONAVIRUS.

TO MINIMISE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS IN THE SURGERY AT ONCE ALL FACE TO FACE APPOINTMENTS WILL BE CARRIED OUT OVER THE TELEPHONE. IF YOU NEED TO BE SEEN THIS WILL BE COORDINATED BY THE GP.

PLEASE SEE OUR OPENING TAB FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ACCESSING GP, NURSE AND ADMIN SUPPORT.

FOR THE MOMENT WE WILL NOT MAKE GP APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE BOOKING.

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE WE WILL NOT BE MAKING ROUTINE BLOOD TEST APPOINTMENTS, ONLY PATIENTS ON WARFARIN, MEDICATIONS WHICH MUST HAVE REGULAR MONITORING, EMERGENCY ON THE DAY TEST REQUESTS AND WHERE A PATIENT HAS HAD A MEDICATION CHANGE AND BLOOD MONITORING IS REQUIRED.

PLEASE SEE THE TAB IN OUR FURTHER INFORMATION SECTION, FOR THE LATEST ADVICE ABOUT SELF ISOLATION

We Can Text You!

We are using our text messaging service more and more, to invite you for a review, blood test or let you know if a GP would like to see you. You can also you use it to cancel appointments, decline or accept services and let us know if we are doing a good job! Please make sure we have your up to date contact details. You can do this via this website or EMIS access if you are registered. Alternatively, call us and let us know.

Cancel Your Appointment!

Every week a large number of patients fail to attend booked appointments. Please let us know as soon as possible if you can’t keep your appointment then we can give it to someone else! We offer a text messaging service which has the option to cancel an appointment so please make sure we have your up to date contact details.

Out of Hours

When the surgery is closed if you have an urgent problem that cannot wait until we are open again, please call 111. For anything life threatening call 999.

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE WE WILL NOT BE MAKING ROUTINE BLOOD TEST APPOINTMENTS, ONLY PATIENTS ON WARFARIN, MEDICATIONS WHICH MUST HAVE REGULAR MONITORING, EMERGENCY ON THE DAY TEST REQUESTS AND WHERE A PATIENT HAS HAD A MEDICATION CHANGE AND BLOOD MONITORING IS REQUIRED.

New Phlebotomy Services

For blood tests there will be clinics held at the following surgeries:

Brune Medical Centre

Forton Medical Centre

Lee Health Centre

Gosport Medical Centre

Clinics HERE will be held as follows;

Monday 0800 - 1430
Tuesday 0800 - 1300
Wednesday 0800 - 1300
Thursday 1330 - 1630
Friday 0800 - 1230

All appointments must be booked by one our care navigators.

Other venues for blood tests:

Walk in clinic:

QA hospital Mon - Fri 0745 - 1645

Petersfield Community Hosp Mon & Tues 0700 - 1200

Appointment only clinics:

St Marys Hospital 0300 1236612 Mon-Fri 0700-1425

Fareham Community Hospital 02392 681755 Mon, Wed and Fri 0800-1230

Gosport War Memorial 02392 681755 Mon-Wed 0800-1415 and Fri 0800-1200

For patients that are visited at home for blood tests, this service will continue as before.

Test Results

The Practice has a strict policy regarding confidentiality and data protection. We will only release test results to the person to whom they relate unless that person has given prior permission for the release of this data or they are not capable of understanding the results.

For tests requested by a hospital doctor you should contact the hospital for the results, as we do not always receive them. Your consultant is now responsible this information

Patients can telephone the surgery between 11.00am and 2.00pm daily and choose option 1 to speak to a member of the results team who will be able to help you interpret the results and make an appointment if necessary.