Bedford Hospital's pathology services are provided through a partnership with Guys and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Serco plc (GSTS). Contact Hospital Switchboard Telephone number : 01234 355 122,
Departmental contact details and opening times for routine services:
| Clinical Biochemistry | ||
| Results enquiries: | Telephone: 01234 792148/792160 | |
| Out of hours: | Telephone: 01234 3551222 Bleep 432 | |
| Clinical Biochemistry opening hours for routine services | ||
| Enquiries | Specimens | |
| Monday-Friday: | 08.00am-08.00pm | 08.00am-05.30pm |
| Saturday: | 09.00am-12.30pm | 09.00am-12.30pm (Urgent Specimens only) |
| Haematology | ||
| Results & general enquiries: | Telephone: 01234 792150 Ext 4811 | |
| Referral laboratory: | Telephone: 01234 355122 Ext 4668 | |
| Haematology opening hours for routine services | ||
| Enquiries | Specimens | |
| Monday-Friday: | 08.00am-08.00pm | 08.00am-05.30pm |
| Saturday: | 09.00am-12.30pm | 9.00am-12.30pm (Urgent Specimens only) |
| Microbiology | ||
| Bacteriology results & general enquiries: | Telephone: 01234 795913 Ext 4703/4708 | |
| Serology results & enquiries: | Telephone: 01234 795913 Ext 4814 | |
| Microbiology opening hours for routine services | ||
| Enquiries | Specimens | |
| Monday-Friday: | 08.45am-05.00pm | 08.45am-04.30pm |
| Saturday: | 09.00am-12.00pm | 06.00am-11.00am |
| Cellular Pathology | ||
| Histology enquiries: | Telephone: 01234 792149 Ext 4607 | |
| Cytology enquiries: | Telephone: 01234 792623 Ext 4611 | |
| Cellular Pathology opening hours for routine services | ||
| Enquiries | Specimens | |
| Monday-Friday: | 08.30am-05.00pm | 08.30am-04.30pm |
| Bedford Hospital Pathology Services out of hours services | |||
| Haematology/ Blood Transfusion |
Biochemistry | Microbiology | |
| Monday to Friday | 20.00 - 08.00 | 20.00 - 08.00 | 17.00 - 08.45 |
| Friday to Saturday | 20.00 - 09.00 | 20.00 - 08.00 | 17.00 - 08.45 |
| Saturday to Sunday | 12.30 - 07.00 | 12.30 - 08.00 | 12.00 - 08:45 |
| Sunday to Monday | 07.00 - 08.00 | 08.00 - 08.40 | 08:45 - 08.45 |
| Bank Holidays | 08.00 - 08.00 next day | 08.00 - 08.00 next day | 17:00 - 08:45 |
Unusual drug assays - not available - for information contact Medical Toxicology Unit, St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Rd, London SE1 5EH. Telephone 0207 7188 8686/8690/8783.
Pathology is able to provide a range of services and information to wards, departments and GP practices. If you wish to discuss any service developments or require information relating to or derived from the pathology service then please contact the pathology services manager.
All request forms must be fully completed including patient's first name and surname, date of birth, hospital number, NHS number or address, sex, location for return of report (e.g. ward, GP surgery), risk status, consultant, name and bleep number of requesting doctor, date and time of specimen.
Requesting investigations, Private work and Specimen collection [LINK]
Haematology Completion of request forms [LINK]
During out of hours, Restrict requests to tests which are ESSENTIAL FOR THE IMMEDIATE CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF THE PATIENT. Please be aware that there is only one member of staff for each discipline working during the hours listed above and that only a limited range of tests are available.
Appointment for a glucose tolerance test [LINK]
Patient Instructions for Collecting a 24 Hour Urine Sample [LINK]
Patient instructions for Collecting a 24 hour urine sample for HMMA (VMA) Catecholamines, Metadrenalins and 5HIAA [LINK]
Haematology and Transfusion [LINK]
Advice for patients for the production of semen samples for post vasectomy analysis [LINK]
Last updated: 05/06/2012
Update due: 05/06/2013