Pathology Contacts
The South of Tyne and Wear Clinical Pathology Service operates across three laboratory sites, and as such the contact details are split below depending upon which site you wish to contact.
- City Hospitals Sunderland has an acute laboratory with Biochemistry, Haematology , Blood Transfusion and Point of Care Testing on site.
- South Tyneside Hospital has an acute laboratory with Biochemistry, Haematology, Blood Transfusion and Point of Care Testing on site.
- Gateshead Hospital has a laboratory with Biochemistry, Haematology, Blood Transfusion, Microbiology, Cellular Pathology, Point of Care Testing, Bowel Cancer Screening and Symptomatic FIT on site. This laboratory carries out all of the GP and community work for the three ICBs and is the Regional Centre for the processing of HPV Samples.
Gateshead laboratory contact details:
Main number 0191 445 6499
Calls are directed to the required department using an automated request system.
Blood Transfusion telephone extension – 6543
Point of Care – 3195
Sunderland Royal Hospital contact details: Main number 0191 565 6256
Department | Telephone Extension | Bleep Number* |
Biochemistry | 42800
42798 |
51302 |
Haematology | 42791 | 51301 |
Transfusion | 49077 | |
Transfusion Massive Haemorrhage | 42422 | |
Point of Care | 49051 |
*for evening use if there is no answer on the telephone
South Tyneside Hospital contact details: Main number 0191 404 1000
Department | Telephone Extension | Bleep Number* |
Biochemistry | 2359 | 015 |
Haematology | 2553 | 353
|
Transfusion | 2309 | |
Transfusion Massive Haemorrhage | 2309 | |
Point of Care | 1283 |
* for evening use if there is no answer on the telephone