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Our Haematology service is mainly based at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, with Routine Haematology and Coagulation testing offered at the Alexandra Hospital site.

We also provide anticoagulant services in conjunction with other medical teams.

A full acute blood transfusion service is provided from both the Alexandra and Worcestershire Royal hospitals with a blood issue fridge at Kidderminster.

The Antenatal Blood Group Serology Screening Service is provided at Worcestershire Royal Hospital and Alexandra Hospital with sample referral to NHS Blood and Transplant if required.

Who’s who and contact details

Laboratory locations and opening times

Tests available

• Haematology tests

• Download Critical Results for Telephoning
  
• Anticoagulation (DOACs)

Tests available out of normal hours

• Full blood count
• ESR
• Sickle cell screening
• Malaria screening
• Coagulation screens (INR and APTT)
• D-Dimer
• Factor assays (VIII and IX) – please discuss with laboratory

Emergency requests

An emergency request is one which is needed for the immediate management of the patient.

The laboratory must be telephoned before an urgent sample is sent and the form must be marked appropriately. Failure to contact the lab may result in the sample being treated as routine.

The out of hours service has a limited capacity so please do not ask staff to process non urgent requests.

Requesting additional tests

Requests should be made by telephone to the laboratory. Due to specimen viability additional tests may not be possible more that 24 hours after sample receipt for EDTA samples and 6 hours for citrate samples.

Specimen containers

Worcestershire Royal Hospital and Kidderminster Hospital and Treatment Centre
Specimen containers and request forms are available through the central distribution stores.

Alexandra Hospital, Redditch
Specimen containers are available from pathology reception. Please contact wah-tr.pathology.orders@nhs.net.

Research investigations and clinical trials

Before undertaking any haematology tests, which are to be conducted as part of a research project or clinical trial, the doctor must discuss the protocol and workload entailed with the head of department.

Medicolegal (Chain of Evidence)

Chain of Evidence forms should be available through your department. Specimens meeting the pathology sample requirements should be brought to pathology specimen reception with the accompanying completed Chain of Evidence form.
After the sample has been processed, the Chain of Evidence form will be returned to the requesting consultant via internal post.

View The Royal College of Pathologists guidelines for the handing medicolegal samples and preservation of chain of evidence. 

Guidelines

Use and monitoring of intravenous Unfractionated Heparin (UFH) in adults

Guideline for the management of venous thromboembolism and including the management of patients receiving low molecular weight heparin

Referrals for continuing anticoagulant control
Download the Warfarin and other oral anticoagulants guidelines and procedures (WAHT-HAE-002)

Guidance for handling medicolegal samples and preserving the chain of evidence (2e) – External Link to Royal College of Pathologists