Patient Experience of Diagnostics report

Capacity, long waits, testing at home, recovery and communication

For more details from the report and to download it, visit the Patient Experience of Diagnostics report page on our website.

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Roche Diagnostics UK and Ireland provided funding for this project. Analysis of the survey data and development of the report and the recommendations were done by the Patients Association, without influence from Roche Diagnostics.

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