Our Services A - Z - Pathology Service
About the service
Our Pathology Service provides Pathology for Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals (NHS) Trust as well as the surrounding community.
Each year the laboratory performs over 6.5 million tests which are dealt with by medical, scientific, clerical and support staff in a range of departments:
- Haematology and Transfusion
- Biochemistry and Immunology
- Microbiology
- Cellular Pathology
- Phlebotomy (Blood Taking)
- Bereavement
- Book a Blood Test Appointment
To book an appointment for a blood test please visit our Phlebotomy Services page.
- Pathology User Guide
- About the Team
Location
Nightingale House, Lower Ground Floor (Whiston Hospital)
Contact
General Enquiries - 0151 430 1822
Our Team
Clinical Director
Dr Mohammad Al-Jubouri (Consultant Chemical Pathology and Head of Department Clinical Biochemistry)
Pathology Service Manager
Kevin McLachlan
Biochemistry & Immunology Service Manager
Lesley Mather
Biochemistry & Immunology Operational Manager
Janet Turnbull
Haematology & Transfusion Service Manager
Judith Raine
Haematology Operational Manager
Stacy Burrows
Blood Transfusion Operational Manager
Julie Harrison
Microbiology Service Manager
Diane MartinBaez
Microbiology Operational Leads
Neil Rathbone and Paul McMullen
Cellular Pathology (Including Mortuary Services) Service Manager
Janine Pennington
Cellular Pathology (Including Mortuary Services) Operational Manager
Jane Winstanley
Point of Care Testing (POCT) & Phlebotomy Operational Manager
Sharon Roberts
Pathology Quality Manager
Rita Mistry
Pathology and Bereavement Office Manager
Julie Charnock
Pathology IT Coordinators
Alan Powell
Alasdair McGregor
Clinical Team:
Consultant Chemical Pathologist and Head of Department/ Pathology Clinical Director
Dr Mohammad Al-Jubouri
Principle Clinical Biochemists
Jen Atherton
Lewis Green
Consultant Immunologist
Dr Anthony Rowbottam
Consultant Histopathologists:
Dr David Barker ( Head of Department and HTA Designated Individual)
Dr Richard George Brice
Dr Katherine Brougham
Dr Charlotte Cox
Dr Hannah Davies
Dr Leigh Forsyth
Dr Noori Hasan
Dr Christopher Ligory
Dr Su Enn Low
Dr Ella Stancombe
Dr Maria Pinto
Dr Carol Ross
Dr Naveen Sharma
Dr Martin Shaw
Dr James Stevenson
Dr Flavia Guzman (Speciality Doctor in Histopathology)
Dr Maria Brereton
Dr Joanna Pamballi
Dr Connor Gilder
Dr Anisah Soobraty
Consultant Microbiologists
Dr Madhur Vardhan – Head of Department
Dr Kalani Mortimer
Dr Katherine Gray
Dr Michael Fisher
Consultant Haematologists
Dr Dave Taylor (Clinical Lead, Blood Transfusion & Clinical Head of Department)
Dr Toby Nicholson (Laboratory Clinical Lead)
Dr Sally Evans – Anticoagulation Lead
Dr Kat Moss
- Contact Details
Blood Sciences (Haematology and Biochemistry) - 0151 430 1826
Transfusion - 0151 430 1584
Microbiology - 0151 430 1837
Cellular Pathology - 0151 430 1824
Bereavement - 0151 430 1336 or 0151 430 1412
Point of Care Testing - 0151 290 4317
- Laboratory Accreditation
The Trust's Pathology department is accredited to ISO15189: Please follow this link to access the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) website and type the department's UKAS ID to access the schedule of accreditation for each of the department.
The UKAS ID codes are as follows Biochemistry and Immunology 8871, Cellular Pathology 8908, Haematology and Transfusion 8864 and Microbiology 8857.
Assays Voluntarily Withdrawn from Scope of Accreditation to ISO15189:2012
- Pathology Enquiries and Feedback Form
Please use the form below to send your enquiry to the Pathology team or submit feedback.
Any feedback received will be used to analyse the department’s performance and implement any improvements to ensure the service continually meets the requirements of users and patients.
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Page last updated on 05th December 2024
