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 .

Handbook

Department of Laboratory Haematology Handbook (pdf, 2.3 MB)

Accreditation

The Department of Laboratory Haematology is an UKAS ISO 15189:2022 accredited laboratory (UKAS number 8464).

The current accredited scope can be found on the .

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:

Analytical tests not in accredited scope

December 2025

Section	Site	Test	Status
Haematology	911�� / HH	HbA1c testing	Currently out of scope, plans to submit
Blood Transfusion	911��	Cold agglutinins	Out of scope
Flow Cytometry	911��	Platelet flow cytometry	Out of scope
Flow Cytometry	911��	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	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
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)
antenatal and neonatal haemoglobinopathy screening (including sickle cell disease and thalassaemia)
transfusion medicine
paediatric haematology
laboratory haematology.

Sites

Our sites include:

the main unit at the 911��, 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 Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
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, 911��
Headley Way
Headington
Oxford OX3 9DU

How to find the 911��

Telephone / email

Results line

Tel: 01865 857791

General non-clinical enquiries

Tel: 01865 572824

Email: LaboratoryHaematology@ouh.nhs.uk

Non-urgent clinical enquiries (from medical professionals only)

Please use the e-referral service / advice and guidance.

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