Sloan Medical Centre

0114 2581554
sloan.reception@nhs.net

Blackstock Road Surgery

0114 2581554
sloan.reception@nhs.net

Patient Information

Test Results

Getting your test results
We will contact you by telephone, or by letter, only if a result is abnormal and you require treatment or further investigations.

You will not be contacted if your result is normal.

Once a doctor has reviewed your test results, you can view them in your NHS App and your NHS account - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Blood Tests

A blood test is a common medical procedure where a small sample of blood is taken from a person's arm or hand to be tested in a laboratory. Blood tests are used for multiple purposes, such as:
1. Assessing General Health: Blood tests can provide information about a person's overall health status.
2. Detecting Infections: They can help confirm the presence of bacterial or viral infections in the body.
3. Organ Function: Blood tests can evaluate how well certain organs like the liver and kidneys are functioning.
If you want to learn more about blood tests, their purposes, and how they are performed, you can visit
Blood tests

X-Rays

An X-ray is a widely used diagnostic test to examine the inside of the body. X-rays are a very effective way of detecting problems with bones, such as fractures. They can also often identify problems with soft tissue, such as pneumonia or breast cancer.
If you have an X-ray, you will be asked to lie on a table or stand against a surface so that the part of your body being X-rayed is between the X-ray tube and the photographic plate.
An X-ray is usually carried out by a radiographer, a healthcare professional who specialises in using imaging technology, such as X-rays and ultrasound scanners.
You can find out more about x-ray tests, how they are performed, their function and the risks by visiting the NHS Choices website.

Fit Note

Fit for Work - Please check out the below link for information regarding self certification, maternity leave and long term sick.

From this website you can print off and complete the required form to return to work. If you are unable to print please ask a reception for a copy: www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/fitnote-gp-computer.pdf

Home visits

If you are housebound and would like to request a visit please telephone Patient Services before 10am.

A doctor or nurse may phone you back as it may be that your problem can be dealt with by telephone advice, or that it would be more appropriate to send a nurse, or indeed arrange a hospital attendance.

House visits are only available for patients who are housebound because of illness or disability.

Please remember that several patients can be seen in the practice in the time that it takes to make one home visit. There are also better facilities for examining and treating patients at the Health Centre.

Healthcare Abroad

By law, the NHS ceases to have responsibility for the medical care of patients when they leave the UK.

People traveling within Europe are advised to carry an authorised European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) at all times and this gives entitlement to reduced cost (and sometimes free) medical treatment. Patients should be advised to check specific entitlements prior to travel.

There are 2 types of cover available.

You can apply for either:

a UK Global Health Insurance Card (UK GHIC)
a UK European Health Insurance Card (UK EHIC), if you have rights under the Withdrawal Agreement

Apply here

A UK GHIC and new UK EHIC are free of charge. Beware of unofficial websites, they may charge you a fee to apply.

If you have an existing EHIC
If you have an existing EHIC, it will remain valid until the expiry date on the card.

You can apply for a new card up to 6 months before your current card expires.

How to use your card
You can use your card to access medically necessary state-provided healthcare when you're visiting an EU country or Switzerland.

Medically necessary healthcare means healthcare that cannot reasonably wait until you come back to the UK. Whether treatment is necessary is decided by the healthcare provider in the country you're visiting.

Medically necessary healthcare includes things like:

  • emergency treatment and visits to A&E
  • treatment for a long-term or pre-existing medical condition
  • routine medical care for pre-existing conditions that need monitoring
  • routine maternity care, as long as you're not going abroad to give birth
  • oxygen therapy and kidney dialysis

You'll need to pre-arrange some treatments with the relevant healthcare provider in the country you're visiting - for example, kidney dialysis or chemotherapy.

Check the Foreign Office country guides on GOV.UK for information on how to access treatment in the country you're visiting

Not all state healthcare is free within the EU and Switzerland and so you may have to pay for services that you would get for free on the NHS.

Where you can use your card
You can use a UK GHIC or existing EHIC while visiting:

an EU country

  • Switzerland (only UK nationals, Swiss nationals and EU citizens)
  • A UK GHIC may become valid in more countries in the future. Check this page before you travel.

You can only use a UK GHIC in Switzerland if you're a UK national, a Swiss national, a citizen of an EU Member State, a refugee, a stateless person, or a family member, dependant or survivor of someone who holds one of these nationalities or statuses.

You may be asked for proof of your nationality or your status when using your UK GHIC in Switzerland.

You can use a new UK EHIC (identifiable by a Union flag hologram in the top-right corner) while visiting:

  • an EU country
  • Norway
  • Iceland
  • Liechtenstein
  • Switzerland

The EU countries are:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

For patients who will be out of the country for less than 3 months, it is reasonable to provide sufficient medicines for an existing condition (i.e. asthma, diabetes)

For patients leaving the country for more than 3 months, they should be advised to register with a local doctor for their continuing medical needs. It is reasonable for GPs to provide sufficient medication to give patients time to do this.

GPs are not required by their Terms of Service to provide prescriptions for the treatment of a condition that is not present and may arise while the patient is abroad. Persons who have left the UK, or who are intending to leave the UK, for more than 3 months are not normally allowed to continue to be registered with a practice.

The NHS accepts responsibility for supplying ongoing medication for temporary periods abroad of up to 3 months. If a person is going to be abroad for more than three months then all that the patient is entitled to at NHS expense is a sufficient supply of his/her regular medication in order to get to their destination, where they should then find an alternative supply of that medication.

If you're planning to visit or move to another country please see the NHS advice HERE