Thanks, Pankaj. The same topic came up at our clinical meeting yesterday... would someone like to put the case for not doing these when requested by a GP? Jonathan On 16 Jun 2011, at 08:44, Pankaj Gupta wrote: > Dear all > > Thank you for your responses. I have received 12 replies. 7 labs offer troponins to GPs, 3 do not and in 2 cases only special requests are accepted. > Of the 9 labs (7+2) where the test is offered, 6 labs book all requests as urgent. > In all cases the results are phoned out if they are positive. > > If there are further responses I will post a second summary. > > Regards > > Pankaj Gupta ------ACB discussion List Information-------- This is an open discussion list for the academic and clinical community working in clinical biochemistry. Please note, archived messages are public and can be viewed via the internet. Views expressed are those of the individual and they are responsible for all message content. ACB Web Site http://www.acb.org.uk Green Laboratories Work http://www.laboratorymedicine.nhs.uk List Archives http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html List Instructions (How to leave etc.) http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/