Useful Links
Understanding your tests and the results.
Knowing what tests are being carried out on you and why can sometimes be confusing. Understanding the results and what they are for is very important and should be explained to you clearly by your GP or health professional.
The following websites will also help you understand what these tests are for and why they are being carried out:
- Lab Tests Online
- Royal College of Pathologists
- Institute of Biomedical Science
- Association of Clinical Biochemistry
- Health Protection Agency
- UKAS Medical Laboratory Accreditation Service (ISO15189)
- Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
- Human Tissue Authority
- UK Screening Portal
- NHS Cancer Screening
- United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Service
- National Pathology Week
South of Tyne & Wear Pathology Centre
