Haematology Laboratories

The Haematology Laboratories Department works particularly closely with the haematology and haemophilia clinical services, which require a range of additional and specialised tests not usually required in other clinical services.

It is also closely linked with the National Blood Service.

Handbook

Department of Laboratory Haematology Handbook (pdf, 1.5 MB)

Accreditation

The Department of Laboratory Haematology is an UKAS ISO 15189:2012 accredited laboratory (UKAS number 8464).

The current accredited scope can be found on the UKAS website (Laboratory Haematology 8464).

This accreditation is assessed on an annual basis.

Out of scope tests

The Department of Laboratory Haematology is a UKAS accredited laboratory (8464).

Details of the accredited scope can be found by searching under the accreditation number at the link below:

Search UKAS accredited organisations

Analytical tests not in accredited scope

January 2025

Section	Site	Test	Status
Blood Transfusion	JR	Cold agglutinins	Out of scope
Flow Cytometry	JR	Platelet flow cytometry	Out of scope
Flow Cytometry	JR	EMA binding	Currently out of scope, plans to submit
Coagulation	NOC	Platelet nucleotides	Out of scope
Coagulation	NOC	Platelet chronolog investigations	Out of scope
Coagulation	NOC	Platelet aggregation investigations (Adults)	Currently out of scope, plans to submit in 2025
Coagulation	NOC	Von Willebrand factor multimers	Out of scope
Coagulation	NOC	PFA	Out of scope
Coagulation	NOC	Fibrinogen-antigen	Out of scope
Coagulation	NOC	Echis time	Out of scope
		ADAMTS13 activity / antigen	Currently out of scope, plans to submit in 2025
Coagulation	NOC	Dabigatran level	Currently out of scope, plans to submit
Coagulation	NOC	Emicizumab level	Currently out of scope, plans to submit
Coagulation	NOC	APTT inhibitor screen	Out of scope

All tests offered by the department, regardless of status of accredited scope, are appropriately verified prior to use and are all subject to the same quality control measures.

Subspecialties

Subspecialties include:

haematological oncology
haemostasis and thrombosis (including haemophilia, thrombophilia, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura)
haemoglobinopathy (including sickle cell disease and thalassaemia)
transfusion medicine
paediatric haematology
laboratory haematology.

Sites

Our sites include:

the main unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week for receipt and testing of samples only, not taking of samples from patients
a small laboratory at the Churchill Hospital
a separate Haemophilia Centre at the Churchill Hospital
a unit at the Horton General Hospital in Banbury, providing routine haematology and a 24 hour blood bank service.

The department processes approximately 650,000 Full Blood Count tests and 300,000 coagulation samples per year, and is fully computerised and linked, through the hospital network, to all wards and GP surgeries.

For information for patients about blood tests, please see 'Blood tests'

Contact us

Address

Laboratory Haematology
Level 4, John Radcliffe Hospital
Headley Way
Headington
Oxford OX3 9DU

How to find the John Radcliffe Hospital

Telephone / email

Results line

Tel: 01865 220336

General non-clinical enquiries

Tel: 01865 572824

Email: LaboratoryHaematology@ouh.nhs.uk

Non-urgent clinical enquiries

Email: HaematologyRegistrar.Enquiries@ouh.nhs.uk

This email address is for enquiries from medical professionals only.

To retrospectively order extra tests

To retrospectively order extra tests onto an existing sample, for non-urgent requests - do not use this for new requests on samples not received in the laboratory.

Email: addlabtest@ouh.nhs.uk