Pathology contacts and advice service

Blood Transfusion

• Blood Transfusion, Department of Pathology, Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, GL53 7AN
• Blood Transfusion, Department of Pathology, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester, GL1 3NN

Advice

If you have enquiries about your treatment regarding blood transfusions please contact your GP or the hospital team that is caring for you. For information about blood transfusions, including the donation of blood, please visit the NHS Blood and Transplant website.

Chemical Pathology

Department of Chemical Pathology, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester, GL1 3NN

Department of Chemical Pathology, Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, GL53 7AN

Chemical Pathology enquiries

All laboratory staff may be contacted via the routine enquiries' numbers above.

Outside normal working hours

The Clinical Biochemistry biomedical scientists may be contacted via the numbers above, hospital switchboard or the air call bleep system.

Urgent or telephone clinical advice

Duty Biochemist contact number: 0300 422 5238

Please note: the duty biochemist is available between 08:30 - 17:30, Monday-Friday.

(N.B. this telephone line is for healthcare professionals looking for clinical advice only.)

For non-urgent clinical advice please email: ghn-tr.dutybiochemist@nhs.net.

For urgent or telephone clinical advice outside of the hours above, please contact the laboratory enquiries line below and ask to speak to the on-call biochemist. Laboratory staff will be able to direct your call to the duty biochemist who will be happy to assist.

Haematology

Haematology, Department of Pathology, Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, GL53 7AN

Haematology, Department of Pathology, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester, GL1 3NN

Haematology laboratory enquiries

Advice

Advice on technical matters is available at all times from the laboratory; and clinical advice and assistance in the interpretation of results is always available from a Consultant Haematologist, one of whom is on-call 24 hours a day.

Outside normal working hours the Haematology Biomedical Scientists and the on-call Consultant Haematologist can be contacted via the hospital switchboard and the air call bleep system.

For urgent clinical advice during normal working hours (between 9am and 5pm), the Haematology Registrar may be paged directly via the hospital switchboard. If a registrar is unavailable, the Consultant Haematologists are contactable via their secretaries.

For general clinical advice from a Consultant Haematologist for GPs and primary care physicians please phone the Haematology Clinical Advice line on 07766 424282 (available between 3pm and 5pm daily)

For all non urgent queries the Consultant Haematologists are happy to continue receiving letters for advice (ultimately via the Choose and Book Clinical Assessment System if this is universally adopted), as well as referrals for patients that you would like to be seen. If you wish to speak to a particular clinician (for example, regarding a patient receiving ongoing care from the department) you may choose to contact the secretaries at the relevant hospital.

Clinical Referrals

Patients may be referred by telephone or letter to the Consultant Haematologists.

Inpatients

Please contact the Haematology SHO, the Consultant Haematologists or their secretaries if a clinical referral, bone marrow aspirate or trephine is required.

Histopathology

Histopathology, Department of Pathology, Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, GL53 7AN

Histopathology Laboratory Enquiries

Histology Office/Enquiries

• 0300 422 3314
• ghnhsft.histology@nhs.net

Histology Reception

• 0300 422 4219
• Result Enquires 0300 422 3314

Laboratory Manager

• Mr Andrew Usher
• 0300 422 4400 (CGH)

Deputy Laboratory Manager

• Mark Anniss / Jackie Rachael
• 0300 422 3314

Molecular Enquiries

• 0300 422 3314
• ghn-tr.histologygenomics@nhs.net

Immunology

Immunology, Department of Pathology, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester, GL1 3NN

Immunology laboratory enquiries

Microbiology and Andrology

Department of Microbiology, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester, GL1 3NN

Microbiology laboratory enquiries

Any laboratory staff member may be contacted via the Routine Enquiries number

Consultant Microbiologist secretarial support

Clinical advice

Please note that there are restrictions on who may call for advice.

For further information please see Healthcare worker access to Consultant Medical Microbiologists

and also

Antibiotic Dosages Where Susceptibility is Reported as (Sensitive - increased dose required).

Molecular pathology

• Mr Andrew Usher, cellular pathology manager: andrew.usher1@nhs.net
• Mrs Siobhan Taylor, molecular pathology service lead: siobhan.taylor@nhs.net

Mortuary Services

Department of Pathology, Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, GL53 7AN

Department of Pathology, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester, GL1 3NN

Pathology General Services and Pathology Supplies

Department of Pathology, Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, GL53 7AN

Department of Pathology, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester, GL1 3NN

Pathology General Services and Pathology Supplies

Cheltenham General Hospital

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Phlebotomy

Edward Jenner Clinic, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

West Block Outpatients, Cheltenham General Hospital