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.
Laboratory Director for Haematology - Trustwide
| Dr S Shafeek
| Secretary
x 30484
01905 763333
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| Deputy Laboratory Director for Haematology - Trustwide | Dr S Hebballi
| Secretary
x 42028
01527 503030
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Clinical Lead for Haematology
| Dr N Pemberton
| Secretary
x 30217
01905 763333
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Consultant Lead for Blood Transfusion
| Dr S Hebballi | Secretary
x 42028
01527 503030
|
Consultant Haematologists
A member of the consultant team is available for clinical advice/interpretation 24 hours a day.
Consultants can be contacted via switchboard
or their secretaries during routine working hours.
| Dr J Mills
Dr O Chapman
Dr T Chan | Secretary
x 30217
01905 763333
Secretary
x 30484
01905 763333
Secretary
x 30760
01905 763333 |
| Specialist Nurses / Transfusion Practitioners
| Laura Walters
Debbie Clinton
| x 30633
Page via switchboard
|
Laboratory Manager / Head BMS - Haematology
| Bev Byfield-Jones
| x30631
DDI 01905 760638
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Laboratory Manager / Head BMS - Blood Transfusion
| Camran Khan
| x 30632
DDI 01905 760639
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Quality Manager
| Bev Byfield-Jones | x 30631 DDI 01905 760638
|
Laboratory Enquiries - WRH
|
| x 30651
DDI 01905 760653
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Transfusion Enquiries - WRH
|
| x 30637
DDI 01905 760769
Out of hours
Bleep 848 / radiopage via switchboard
|
| Laboratory Enquiries - Alex | | x 42082
DDI 01527 512008
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Transfusion Enquiries - Alex
| | x 42179
DDI 01527 512179 Fax 01527 512074
Out of hours
Bleep 0255 /
page via switchboard
Blood porter
bleep 0208 |
| River level
Worcestershire Royal Hospital
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
WR5 1DD
| Core hours
Monday - Friday: 8am - 8pm
Out of hours
Monday - Friday: 8pm - 8am
Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays
|
Alexandra Hospital
Woodrow Drive
Redditch
Worcestershire
B98 7UB
| Core hours
Monday - Friday: 8am - 8pm
Out of hours
Monday - Friday: 8pm - 8am
Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays |
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
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.
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.
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/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.
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.
The Royal College of Pathologists guidelines for the handing medicolegal samples and preservation of chain of evidence is available HERE.
Guidelines
Use and monitoring of intravenous Unfractionated Heparin (UFH) in adults (WAHT-HAE-010)
Guideline for the management of venous thromboembolism and including the management of patients receiving low molecular weight heparin (WAHT-HAE-019)
Referrals for continuing anticoagulant control
Please refer to 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
