Reporting Of Results

All reporting times are from sample receipt at the laboratory. The laboratory adheres to the target turnaround times specified by NHS England

For detailed information see the relevant service profile page.

Measurement uncertainty values, where applicable, are available on request.

Clinical urgency	Examples	Calendar days
Urgent	QFPCR for rapid aneuploidy detection PCR based tests where the result is needed urgently for prenatal diagnosis	3 days
Urgent	Microarray or karyotyping for prenatal / urgent postnatal (e.g. neonatal) referrals Southern blot tests where the result is needed urgently for prenatal diagnosis PCR-based tests for predictive testing and confirmation of neonatal results	14 days
Urgent	Urgent panels and exomes for relevant indications NIPD	21 days
Non-urgent	Standard paediatric microarray Standard single gene and small gene panel (<10 gene) sequencing Known familial mutation testing Standard STR based analysis Postnatal karyotyping (e.g. fertility or familial microarray follow-up)	42 days
Non-urgent	Large gene-panels (>10 genes) for standard referral indications Whole Exome Sequencing for standard referral indications Whole Genome Sequencing, where available	84 days

Reports are issued without delay, usually within 24 hours of results being obtained.

Telephone results are followed by written results within 24 hours.