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Opening hours and services available
The department is open from 08:00hrs – 17:00hrs, Monday to Friday (except bank holidays)
Synovial fluid samples should be received in the department by 16:00hrs.
Find or contact us at the Manchester Cytology Centre
The Manchester Cytology Centre is located on the first floor of Clinical Sciences Building 2. All visitors must access the department via the reception area of Clinical Sciences Building 1.
Please also contact us if you have any complaints or service improvement suggestions.
If you wish to make a formal or informal complaint please contact the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS).
Many verbal complaints will be easily and quickly resolved by the clinical lead, laboratory manager or a cyto/histopathologist and will be recorded by the department.
It is the discretion of the Laboratory Manager to forward any complaints on to the Division of Laboratory Medicine team for recording if appropriate.
Address
Manchester Cytology Centre
First Floor
Clinical Sciences Building 2
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9WL
Email: cyto.pathology@mft.nhs.uk
Telephone enquiries
| – | Telephone | Fax |
| General | 0161 276 5111 | 0161 276 5113 |
| Synovial fluid cytology results | 0161 276 5115/5116/6727 | – |
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Advice on synovial fluid sample collection Comments, complaints or suggestions |
0161 276 5103/5118 | – |
| Urgent sample requests | 0161 276 5103/5118 | – |
| Request sample containers or forms | 0161 276 8817 | – |
Key contacts
| Name | Position | Telephone | |
| Dr Mohsin Mazhari | Head of Synovial fluid analysis service | 0161 276 6444 | mohsin.mazhari@mft.nhs.uk |
| Dr Miles Holbrook | Consultant Cytopathologist | 0161 276 6475 | miles.holbrook@mft.nhs.uk |
| Paul Hermansen | Consultant Biomedical Scientist | 0161 276 5103 | paul.hermansen@mft.nhs.uk |
| Peter Heptinstall | Consultant Biomedical Scientist | 0161 276 5118 | peter.heptinstall@mft.nhs.uk |
| Stephen Burrows |
Consultant Biomedical Scientist |
0161 701 0228 | stephen.burrows@mft.nhs.uk |
| Sarah Ferris | Biomedical Scientist Team leader | 0161 276 5115 | sarah.ferris@mft.nhs.uk |
| Bernadette Carden-Flynn | Office Manager | 0161 276 5115 | bernadette.carden-flynn@mft.nhs.uk |
| Helen Wilson | Medical Secretary | 0161 276 6727 | helen.wilson@mft.nhs.uk |
| Jennifer Bradburn | Medical and training school secretary | 0161 276 8804 | jennifer.bradburn@mft.nhs.uk |
| Rosebina Zafar | Non-Gynae Cytology Lead Biomedical Scientist | 0161 276 5110 | rosebina.zafar@mft.nhs.uk |
| Sally Wood | Cellular Pathology Manager | 0161 276 6138 | sally.wood@mft.nhs.uk |