Please ring after 11.00am for results. The nurse or doctor taking the sample will tell you how long your result will take to come back, this is usually 5 working days. Results will not normally be given to anyone else other than the patient unless they are a child under 16 years of age where they can be given to a parent or guardian. Special considerations can be made if your spoken language is not English and someone would need to translate. This will only be given with the patients and doctors permission.