Due to issues found in the final stages of testing, the date has been amended below.

From Monday, 17th November, some CHFT hospital ordered blood tests will be available digitally via the NHS App. They will also be accessed through the email sent by Patients Know Best (PKP), which everyone who has an email address in their patient record will receive.

Once logged in to the PKB portal, there may also be test results pending. It will advise what date these will be available to view.

Then, once the results are available, they can be viewed, along with other health information in the NHS App.

Historic test results

All results for the tests below for April 2025 onward will be available on the NHS App and PKB portal from mid-November.

What test results will be available?

  • AKI- Acute Kidney Injury
  • CHO- cholesterol
  • E- Electrolyte
  • F- Ferritin
  • FT4- Thyroxine
  • G- Glucose
  • HBA1C
  • I- INR
  • L- Liver function test
  • MRSA
  • PSA- prostate-specific antigen
  • TSH- Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone
  • URE- Urea

What is Patients Know Best?

Patients Know Best is a free online patient portal which gives our patients access to some of their personal health information and is designed to improve patient experience. Patients Know Best allows people to access NHS services and information via a website and the NHS App using their NHS login. Patients also get instant notifications when new information is made available.

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Images of the screens in the NHS App to get to test results
Images of the screens in the NHS App to get to test results
A sample of the email from Patients Know Best regarding test results
A sample of the email from Patients Know Best regarding test results