Results from tests requested through East GLH will be delivered by e-mail to a designated email address, which you will need to include on the request form. It is preferable for us if you use an nhs.net account and you are advised to use a departmental, rather than an individual, account if possible.
Patient information is only secure when sent via email from one nhs.net account to another nhs.net account. As such, when sending laboratory reports across networks, these will be encrypted.
The laboratories aim to report all genomic tests within the NHS England genomic test reporting time guidelines. Please note that reporting times will vary depending on the test type and referral type.
Rare Disease turnaround times
The below times are just for our Cambridge Genomics Laboratory. We will be adding those for our local laboratories in Nottingham and Leicester soon.
| Clinical Urgency |
Example Tests |
NHSE Target TAT (Days) |
% within Standard |
Average TAT (Mean, Days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Urgent – Ultra Rapid |
Example Tests QF-PCR for rapid trisomy detection |
NHSE Target TAT (Days) 3 |
% within Standard 90.0 |
Average TAT (Mean, Days) 2.4 |
|
Urgent - Rapid |
Example Tests Microarray / karyotypes for prenatal / urgent postnatal (e.g. neonatal referrals) |
NHSE Target TAT (Days) 14 |
% within Standard 86.5 |
Average TAT (Mean, Days) 12.3 |
| Non-urgent - Standard |
Example Tests Haemato-oncology microarrays |
NHSE Target TAT (Days) 21 |
% within Standard 91.9 |
Average TAT (Mean, Days) 15.5 |
| Non-urgent - Standard |
Example Tests Routine QF-PCR (for pregnancy loss samples) |
NHSE Target TAT (Days) 14 |
% within Standard 83.9 |
Average TAT (Mean, Days) 13 |
| Non-urgent - Standard |
Example Tests Standard paediatric or fetal loss microarray |
NHSE Target TAT (Days) 42 |
% within Standard 0.9 |
Average TAT (Mean, Days) 64 |
| Non-urgent - Standard |
Example Tests Postnatal karyotyping (e.g. fertility or familial microarray follow-up) |
NHSE Target TAT (Days) 42 |
% within Standard 65.0 |
Average TAT (Mean, Days) 40 |
| Non-urgent - Standard |
Example Tests PWS/AS and Fragile X |
NHSE Target TAT (Days) 42 |
% within Standard 31.5 |
Average TAT (Mean, Days) 41 |
| Clinical Urgency | Example Tests | NHSE Target TAT (DAYS) | % within Standard | Average TAT (Mean, Days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent – Ultra Rapid |
Example Tests
PCR based tests where the result is needed urgently for prenatal diagnosis |
NHSE Target TAT (DAYS) 3 | % within Standard 40% | Average TAT (Mean, Days) 4 days |
| Urgent – Ultra Rapid | Example Tests DPYD | NHSE Target TAT (DAYS) 5 | % within Standard 99% | Average TAT (Mean, Days) 3 days |
| Urgent – Ultra Rapid |
Example Tests
CF urgent testing (urgent diagnostic, raised IRT & EGB) |
NHSE Target TAT (DAYS) 7 | % within Standard 50% | Average TAT (Mean, Days) 8 days |
| Urgent – Rapid |
Example Tests
PCR based tests for predictive testing |
NHSE Target TAT (DAYS) 14 | % within Standard 19% | Average TAT (Mean, Days) 29 days |
| Non-Urgent – Standard |
Example Tests
Rare disease single gene screening, small panel testing (<10 genes), known familial variant testing & standard STR based analysis |
NHSE Target TAT (DAYS) 42 | % within Standard 24% | Average TAT (Mean, Days) 73 days |
| Non-Urgent – Complex standard |
Example Tests
Large gene panels (>10 genes), WES and WGS |
NHSE Target TAT (DAYS) 84 | % within Standard 9% | Average TAT (Mean, Days) 297 days |
|
Urgent – Ultra Rapid |
Example Tests Urgent haemato-oncology FISH (e.g. BCR/ABL1, PML/RARA) | NHSE Target TAT (DAYS) 3 | % within Standard | Average TAT (Mean, Days) |
|
Urgent – Ultra Rapid |
Example Tests FLT3 TKD (ITD) | NHSE Target TAT (DAYS) 7 | % within Standard 88% (100%) | Average TAT (Mean, Days) 4 |
|
Urgent - Rapid |
Example Tests
Confirmation of neonatal results (PCR based) |
NHSE Target TAT (DAYS) TBC | % within Standard | Average TAT (Mean, Days) |
|
Urgent - Rapid |
Example Tests
Urgent haemato-oncology karyotyping |
NHSE Target TAT (DAYS) 14 | % within Standard | Average TAT (Mean, Days) |
| Urgent - Rapid |
Example Tests
T-cell Clonality B-cell Clonality |
NHSE Target TAT (DAYS) 14 |
% within Standard
36% 53% |
Average TAT (Mean, Days)
18 14 |
| Urgent - Rapid | Example Tests Chimerism | NHSE Target TAT (DAYS) 14 | % within Standard 79% | Average TAT (Mean, Days) 14 |
| Urgent – Rapid |
Example Tests
JAK2V617F JAK2 exon 12 MPL exon 10 CALR exon 9 |
NHSE Target TAT (DAYS) 14 |
% within Standard
9% 87% 62% 66% |
Average TAT (Mean, Days)
16 10 15 15 |
| Urgent – Rapid |
Example Tests
NPM1 exon 12 |
NHSE Target TAT (DAYS) 14 | % within Standard 54% | Average TAT (Mean, Days) 15 |
| Non-urgent - Standard | Example Tests Standard haemato-oncology karyotyping (e.g. MDS) | NHSE Target TAT (DAYS) 21 | % within Standard | Average TAT (Mean, Days) |
| Non-urgent - Standard |
Example Tests
•BCR-ABL diagnostic •BCR-ABL quantitative •c-KIT •MYD88 |
NHSE Target TAT (DAYS) 21 |
% within Standard
95% 97% 100% 37% |
Average TAT (Mean, Days)
12 14 12 24 |
| Non-urgent - Standard |
Example Tests
NGS panels for haemato-oncology referrals (Haem-Onc NGS panels) |
NHSE Target TAT (DAYS) 21 | % within Standard 0% | Average TAT (Mean, Days) 38 |
| Non-urgent - Standard |
Example Tests
NGS panels for molecular pathology referrals (OPA) |
NHSE Target TAT (DAYS) 21 | % within Standard | Average TAT (Mean, Days) |
| Example Tests | NHSE Target TAT (DAYS) | % within Standard | Average TAT (Mean, Days) |
Cancer turnaround times
The below times are just for our Cambridge Genomics Laboratory. We will be adding those for our local laboratories in Nottingham and Leicester soon
| Clinical Urgency | Example tests | NHSE Target TAT (days) | % within TAT | Average TAT (mean, days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Urgent – Rapid |
Example tests
NGS - targeted |
NHSE Target TAT (days) 14 | % within TAT 73% | Average TAT (mean, days) 13 |
|
Urgent - Rapid |
Example tests
FISH for molecular referrals |
NHSE Target TAT (days) 14 | % within TAT 99% | Average TAT (mean, days) 9 |
|
Urgent – Rapid |
Example tests MGMT promoter methylation | NHSE Target TAT (days) 14 | % within TAT 44% | Average TAT (mean, days) 17 |
|
Urgent - Rapid |
Example tests
MSI testing (immunotherapy) |
NHSE Target TAT (days) 14 | % within TAT - | Average TAT (mean, days) - |
| Non-urgent Std |
Example tests
MSI testing (Lynch syndrome) |
NHSE Target TAT (days) 42 | % within TAT 100% | Average TAT (mean, days) 36 |
| Non-urgent Std |
Example tests
MLH1 promoter methylation |
NHSE Target TAT (days) 42 | % within TAT 100% | Average TAT (mean, days) 24 |
| Clinical Urgency | Example Tests | NHSE Target TAT (Days | % within Standard | Average TAT (Mean, Days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Urgent – Rapid |
Example Tests
NGS – targeted DNA |
NHSE Target TAT (Days 14 | % within Standard 15% | Average TAT (Mean, Days) 19 |
|
Urgent – Rapid |
Example Tests
NGS - targeted RNA |
NHSE Target TAT (Days 14 | % within Standard 0% | Average TAT (Mean, Days) 19 |
|
Urgent – Rapid |
Example Tests
NGS - expansive |
NHSE Target TAT (Days 21 | % within Standard 0% | Average TAT (Mean, Days) 38 |
|
Urgent - Rapid |
Example Tests
FISH for solid cancers |
NHSE Target TAT (Days 14 | % within Standard 100% | Average TAT (Mean, Days) 7 |
|
Urgent – Rapid |
Example Tests
MGMT promoter methylation |
NHSE Target TAT (Days 14 | % within Standard 21% | Average TAT (Mean, Days) 19 |
|
Urgent - Rapid |
Example Tests
MSI testing (immunotherapy) |
NHSE Target TAT (Days 14 | % within Standard - | Average TAT (Mean, Days) - |
| Non-urgent Std |
Example Tests
MSI testing (Lynch syndrome) |
NHSE Target TAT (Days 42 | % within Standard 60% | Average TAT (Mean, Days) 32 |
| Non-urgent Std |
Example Tests
MLH1 promoter methylation |
NHSE Target TAT (Days 42 | % within Standard 100% | Average TAT (Mean, Days) 22 |