Postby Raspberry-Sorbet » Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:51 pm
No it certainly isn't normal for the results to take longer than a week or two. The reason why they are done at such a young age is because the disorders that are being tested for are very serious albeit thankfully quite rare and if treatment is delayed for a baby that does have one of these conditions, then the time delay has a detrimental effect.
If a baby's results did show up as being abnormal, then you would receive a phone call immediately to arrange further tests. I know all of the above because one of my daughter's was abnormal although thankfully, it was a false positive due to her prematurity. The follow up blood tests etc were unpleasant but nothing compared to her having one of the conditions.
If though, a positive result for one of the conditions had been missed, many other symptoms / difficulties would have arisen long before 21 months that hopefully would have been spotted quickly by a GP. Not an excuse for missing results though.
I suspect there is a computer error - typical NHS Admin inefficiency...!