Symptomatic FIT Electronic Test Requesting is now available in all Health Boards with whom the Public Health Wales Laboratory has a Service Level Agreement:
Please begin using GPTR OR WCP to request Symptomatic FIT testing kits - Symptomatic FIT will appear as "Faecal Haemoglobin" in GPTR/WCP.
If you are unable to use GPTR/WCP, please inform the PHW laboratory using the contact information above.
DO NOT print/send a paper form to your local Pathology Lab/Department.
The PHW Laboratory will extract the request directly from GPTR/WCP. A paper copy of the FIT request may print automatically for you - you do not need to do anything with this paper copy, please dispose of it into confidential waste.
DO NOT provide a specimen container to the patient.
The PHW Laboratory will send a FIT testing/collection kit directly to the patient's address. Only samples collected using one of our collection pickers are suitable for (Symptomatic) FIT testing.
Once the patient receives the test kit - they complete it at home and return their sample directly to the PHW Laboratory to test.
Results:
Results will be available on GPTR/GP links and WCP once authorised. A copy of the results is not sent to the patient.
Click here to see: Pathway flow diagram