Test Results

Please note that we do have a strict policy regarding confidentiality and data protection. In this respect we will only give out results to the person they relate to unless that person has given prior permission for their release or if they are not capable of understanding them.

I've Had Blood Tests Taken - So what happens now

** If advised to send photographs by your GP please do not send anymore that 2 pictures and please DO NOT send any of intimate areas **

Please note - Sending unencrypted emails is unsafe - You do so at your own risk.

As emails travel across the public internet, they can be intercepted.  As such, there is no guarantee the emails will be delivered to/received by the Practice.  No email can be secured by NHS Lothian until it has been received, so if you chose to send an unencrypted email to the Riccarton General Practice you have accepted this risk.

The total size limit for an email is 20MB, therefore attachments cannot exceed 13MB per email.  Emails will not be received if they exceed these limits.

Alternatively, if you do not wish to send documents by email you can post it to the following address:

Riccarton General Practice

Heriot Watt University

Riccarton Campus

Edinburgh,

EH14 4AS

Before you send any communication to the Practice via email, please click the link below and read the information regarding consent:

Emailing Information to the Practice

Please see tab "New Patients" for more information.

If you are a student at Heriot Watt University and live within our Practice boundary (postal codes EH1-EH14) please click the section 'Student Registrations' where you will be able to download forms for completion.  These can be returned by email, by post or by dropping them off at the Practice.

If you have newly moved into the Practice area (Balerno, Currie, Hermiston, Juniper Green) then please click the section 'Non student Registration' where you will be able to download forms for completion.  These can be returned by email, by post or by dropping them off at the Practice.

Please note that you do not need to know your NHS Number or CHI Number to register with a Practice.

Home Visits

Whilst we encourage our patients to come to the surgery, where we have the proper equipment and facilities available, we do appreciate this is not always possible. In this respect, if you do need a home visit, you can help us by calling reception before 10:30. Only emergency visits will be arranged after that time.

You may only request a home visit if you are housebound or are too ill to visit the practice. Your GP will only visit you at home if they think that your medical condition requires it and will also decide how urgently a visit is needed. Please bear this in mind and be prepared to provide suitable details to enable the doctor to schedule house calls

You can also be visited at home by a community nurse if you are referred by your GP. You should also be visited at home by a health visitor if you have recently had a baby or if you are newly registered with a GP and have a child under five years.