ABNORMAL TEST RESULTS LETTER

[Practice name]
[Address]
[Phone, hours, and secure messaging, if offered]

Date: [Date you write the letter]
Sent by: [Mail, secure message, or handed over at a visit, as the patient chose]

[Patient's full name]
[Mailing address]
Date of birth: [Date]

Dear [patient's name],

[If you spoke first: As we discussed by phone on date, this letter confirms your result and the plan we agreed. Otherwise delete this line.]

YOUR TEST
Test: [What was tested, in plain words, then its usual name]
Done on: [Date the sample was taken or the scan was done]
Ordered by: [Clinician's name]

WHAT IT SHOWED
[The result in plain words, with the number and the usual range if that helps]

WHAT THIS MEANS
[What the result may mean for you, what it does not mean, and what we don't know yet]

WHAT TO DO NEXT
Step: [Book a visit, repeat the test, start or change a treatment, or go to a referral]
By: [Date]
Already arranged: [Requisition enclosed, referral sent on date to clinic, or nothing yet]
If you have not heard by: [Date, for a referral or a booking we make for you; then call us]

IF YOU FEEL UNWELL BEFORE THEN
[Symptoms to watch for. Which ones mean calling us the same day, and which mean going to the nearest emergency department]

QUESTIONS
Call [name or role] at [phone], [days and hours], or book a visit to talk about this result.
A copy of the report: [Enclosed, or available on request]

[Your name, credentials]
[Signature]