Laboratory Medicine

Our user guides detail the services and tests available in each of our five laboratories. Each guide will explain how to request these tests, what samples are required and the clinical advice available.

Request forms for different tests within each lab are also available to download below.

The Histopathology and Microbiology laboratories are not able to accept tissue specimens that need to be split or shared. Tissue specimens that need to be tested by both laboratories must be submitted separately to each laboratory, with the relevant orders on EPIC, and the appropriate labels on the containers. Collecting and splitting tissue must be done by the clinician obtaining the specimen.

Any delay to placing the specimens in the appropriate medium, or in getting the specimens to the appropriate laboratory for processing, introduces pre-analytical variables that impact the quality of the results, and subsequent diagnosis and patient management.

We offer an online web-based results portal, allowing external health care providers to view the results and reports for their patients.

The portal provides:

• An external, secure review of results by Health Care Providers (HCPs) or Submitting Location
• Secure access to allow HCPs to review their results or the results of their practice (multiple HCP practices) as part of registration and security set-up
• Email notifications to the user are generated at the point of report verification.

This is a secure service; access is granted by registration and creation of an account. Once an account is set up, paper reporting will be turned off.

To register for our results portal, please complete our Outreach Request Form. A valid departmental NHS.net email account is required.

The NHS North Thames Genomic Laboratory Hub (NTGLH) is one of seven genomic laboratory hubs in England responsible for providing genomic and genetic testing, including the start of whole genome sequencing, as part of the Genomic Medicine Service in the NHS.

The NTGLH provides all core rare and inherited disease and cancer genomic testing services for the population of north, west and east London, and parts of Essex and Hertfordshire.

The NTGLH is a partnership between a number of Trusts who currently have genomic testing laboratories across North London and led by Great Ormond Street NHS Foundation Trust. You can find out more about the NTGLH and the tests available by visiting the NTGLH website.

Laboratory Medicine
Camelia Botnar Laboratories
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
Great Ormond Street
London
WC1N 3JH

Telephone: 020 7829 9200 Ext: 0175