Important Notices
Notice(03/05/2026):
The Oncology Cytogenetics laboratory (The Christie site of North West Genomics Laboratory Hub) has due to unforeseen circumstances reduced capacity for cytogenetic analysis. As usual, we endeavour to provide the best quality of service possible and we continue to prioritise urgent referrals
Please contact the laboratory by email oncology.cytogenetics@nhs.net if a result is required by a specific date; we will try and make results available at critical points for patient management.
Please see this Service User Letter for further information
The North West Genomic Laboratory Hub (GLH) is one of a network of seven GLHs across the country, which together forms the new national Genomic Medicine Service. Each GLH is responsible for coordinating services for a particular part of the country.
The NW GLH has been implementing several quality improvements to align systems across the Liverpool and Manchester laboratory sites. Currently, we are rolling out a new standardised report style for services delivered by the NW GLH to improve consistency and uniformity of the information provided on our reports. Please note that the UKAS accreditation symbol does not feature on the report; it is displayed on our website (under ‘Accreditation’) along with relevant links to our schedule of accreditation. If you have any comments or queries regarding the new style of reports, please contact us.
