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.

  1. City Hospitals Sunderland has an acute laboratory with Biochemistry, Haematology and Blood Transfusion on site.
  2. South Tyneside Hospital has an acute laboratory with Biochemistry, Haematology and Blood Transfusion on site.
  3. Gateshead Hospital has a laboratory with Biochemistry, Haematology, Blood Transfusion, Microbiology and Cellular Pathology on site.  This laboratory carries out all of the GP and community work for the three CCGs 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