We moved to a new health board in March this year (still within Scotland) and they have completely different standards which are causing concern. The new Urology department contacted me by letter to say that they now require a hospital blood test for PSA. Previously, it was always done at the GP practice at the same time as I had the Prostap injection (and the result shared with the hospital).
When I had the blood taken I asked the nurse when I could get the result and was told the GP would have it in about 10 days. I left it for two weeks then called the GP to get the result and was told that the GP practice doesn't get the results from hospital blood tests! I telephoned the Urology department and left a message on the answering machine and a couple of days later my call was returned by the departmental secretary with the result of the test (<0.1!!!). The secretary was clearly embarrassed by the fact that she had to give me the result emphasising that she wasn't medically trained.
I subsequently wrote to the Oncology consultant (the one who told me I should stop my Prostap injections immediately, as discussed in another thread) and received a reply to say that test results were not normally given to the patient unless there was "Cause for concern".
I find this really disturbing as a PSA blood test result is the most important piece of information for a PC sufferer. Has anyone else been in this situation?
My solution for the time being will be to have two blood tests one at the hospital and one at the GP when I get my next Prostap injection. However that won't work after June 2021 as I will have my last injection then.
