Laboratory accreditation provides assurance that the laboratory is working to international standards and providing results that are of the highest possible quality.
The Pathology Laboratory services at Ä¢¹½tvÊÓƵ (specifically relating to Blood Sciences, Specialist Laboratory Medicine, and Microbiology) are undergoing a planned relocation into new premises
Following extensive discussions with UKAS the decision was made from 19/05/2025 to voluntarily and temporarily withdraw our UKAS ISO15189:2022 accreditation scope for all Microbiology test during the transition period.
For further information, please visit our UKAS Accreditation website page.
The Public Health Laboratory including the C difficile Ribotyping Network hosted by LTHT Microbiology is accredited to ISO15189:2012, customer number 10883. The full scope of the tests that are accredited can be viewed on the  by following the link.
The Department has an extensive Quality Management system and Governance procedures in place to control all the processes within the laboratory.
We participate in a number of internal and external quality assurance schemes from NEQAS, QCMD, Labquality and Instand to ensure the quality of our results.
If you require any further information on specific tests please contact the Quality Manager, Ms Hannah Armitage (Â [email protected]Ìý)