Biochemistry Lab Services (NMGH) - Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Who is the service for?

Samples for Clinical Chemistry are analysed to help clinicians in the diagnosis and monitoring of disease.

What does the service provide?

Clinical Chemistry is the study of chemical and biochemical mechanisms in the body for the prevention, diagnosis and management of disease. Diseases such as diabetes, thyroid problems, infertility, heart attacks, meningitis and cystic fibrosis can be diagnosed by the analysis of body fluids such as blood, urine and CSF.

The department provides a service for all the hospitals within the Pennine Acute Trust and to General Practitioners. The central laboratory is based at The Royal Oldham Hospital with an Essential Service Laboratories at Fairfield General Hospital and North Manchester General Hospital.

The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Biochemistry Department is a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 8601. The accreditation is to ISO 15189:2012 Medical Laboratories-Requirements for quality and competence. The department is currently in the process of moving over from Abbott Architect to Abbott Alinity analysers, an up to date Schedule of Accreditation is available on the UKAS website https://search.ukas.com/#/tabbed/search?q=8601&ati=1

Who will patients meet?

When dropping off samples patients will meet specimen reception staff.

When is the service available?

24 hours a day/365 days a year

Where is the service provided?

North Manchester General Hospital
Delaunays Road
Crumpsall
Manchester
M8 5RB

The Laboratory is situated on the main hospital corridor.

Getting here

Department contact details

Biochemistry Laboratory 0161 604 5389

Practical information

All samples must be labelled according to the Pathology Sample and Request Card Labelling Policy or they may not be processed. When dropping samples off at the laboratory ensure that samples are labelled with patient forename and surname plus date of birth or unique identification number i.e. Hospital or NHS number. Labels produced in the presence of the patient at GP surgeries using the T-Quest system are acceptable. For 24 hour urine samples the bottle must be labelled with the above patient information and the start and finish time of collection.

Any samples on Central Manchester Immunology request cards must be delivered to one of the Trust Biochemistry departments.