What happens next?
Reporting timelines for tests varying depending on both the type of test and the referral type. Find out details about national turnaround time (TAT) guidelines and our most up-to-date TATs for each test.
If you have requested a test and not received results within our current TAT for that specific test then please contact the relevant laboratory team via email (contact addresses can be found on test request forms or on our website.)
How are results returned?
Results are returned by Outreach portal or email. Results will only be posted in rare circumstances.
Outreach is a results portal used by the Rare & Inherited Disease Laboratory to issue reports to referring departments. Once a report is verified it is sent automatically to the Outreach portal, and the email address registered to the account will receive a notification that a report is available. Using Outreach means you do not need to wait for reports to be emailed to you by the lab’s administrative team.
If you would like to begin using Outreach, please contact gos-tr.norththamesgenomics@nhs.net to request a form.
Please note, you will need to ensure that the email address you provide is a shared/departmental account, NOT a personal email address. This is so that reports are available to other colleagues in the event that you are away from work. Please also note that as a standard, we do not also email reports that are configured to be delivered via Outreach.
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Referring clinicians will receive a report via email once analysis has been completed. You may be asked to provide further information or attend an MDT / GTAB before the report is issued.
Interpreting a genetic testing report
If you are unsure about reading and interpreting a report following genetic testing, please visit our education and training pages for sustainable resources that cover:
If you still have questions about interpreting a report sent from one of our laboratories, please email nt-gmsa@gosh.nhs.uk to organise attendance at one of our drop-in Question Time sessions. Please do not send clinical details to this email, simply ask to be sent the joining information.