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"Blood test results"

About: Concord Medical Centre

I was asked to come in for a blood test and was told the results will be sent to me by Sim's .only one results came through which said my HbA1c was normal, well

I don't have a medical background so I haven't a clue what this test was so had to google it to find out it was for sugar levels.. A week later I hadn't had the other results so I tried to phone the practice but couldn't get through so came to the surgery, asked the receptionist who told me the doctors were having to review the other results, naturally I was concerned. When I did have a text with the results I was told renal and lipid results were acceptable! Again not being a medical person I didn't have a clue what lipid meant so back to Google to find out it was for cholesterol. So what is acceptable we are told to know our numbers, this results meant nothing to me so now do I just wait for another year for my next test to see if it has gone to being unacceptable. No help to me whatsoever I am only a patient. Perhaps we could be told the results in a manner that we understood without having to go to Google and perhaps I could be informed if there was anything I can do to improve the results. just left now has a worried patient,

I know doctors say they are so busy and haven't got the time for us but it wouldn't take much more time to get this one right.

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Response from Concord Medical Centre 6 years ago
Concord Medical Centre
Submitted on 09/05/2017 at 17:02
Published on nhs.uk on 26/02/2018 at 17:22


Thank you very much for your feedback. We do not wish any of our patients to be worried, especially from information we have given to you which is not easily understandable.

We have taken your points on board and agree that this is an area which can be improved on and made clearer for patients.

We are working on improving our result commenting for patients and will use your comments as an example to learn from.

Thank you for your time and we hope that we can improve this for you in the future.

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