I get copies of letters from the hospital, but they often arrive six weeks after the tests have been run. The date of dictation and date of typing are weeks apart, and then they must sit in an out tray waiting to be posted.
I assume that if the tests showed a serious problem they would be fast-tracked, but it is not reassuring. It's all very well trying to be proactive, but the GP and hospital systems are not in synch. If my GP requests a test, I see the results the next day, as I have signed up for online access, but if they are done at the request of a consultant they never appear on there. The system here is that hospital appointments can be at one of several hospitals, depending on when the next one is available, so there isn't even continuity of care in that system.
Getting a GP appointment to discuss anything is virtually impossible, too. Everything is now same day access, and is triaged by a telephone call.
I honestly don't know how anyone with additional needs is expected to cope with all of this, and I can only see it getting worse.