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Blood Sciences Department

The Blood Sciences Department provides Haematology, Chemistry and Blood Transfusion services.

We are present across all our sites and provide services through core laboratories as well as rapid response laboratories located in selected areas to provide results to critical need patients and clinical services.

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Last updated on 31/07/2023
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King's College Hospital

  • Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory at King's
  • Haematology Laboratory at King's
  • Blood Transfusion Laboratory at King's
  • Routine Coagulation Laboratory at King's
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St Thomas' Hospital

  • Haematology Laboratory at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital
  • Automated Chemistry Laboratory at Guy's and St Thomas'
  • Blood Transfusion Laboratory at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital
  • Point of Care Testing Service at St Thomas'
  • SAS Cardiovascular Markers Laboratory
  • Intraoperative PTH Monitoring Service
  • Diabetic Clinic at St. Thomas’ Hospital
  • Fetal Medicine Unit Laboratory
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Guy's Hospital

  • Haematology Laboratory at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital
  • Automated Chemistry Laboratory at Guy's and St Thomas'
  • Blood Transfusion Laboratory at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital
  • Diabetic Clinic at Guy’s Hospital
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Princess Royal University Hospital

  • Haematology Laboratory at Princess Royal University Hospital
  • Blood Transfusion Laboratory at Princess Royal University Hospital
  • Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory at Princess Royal University Hospital
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Royal Brompton Hospital

  • Clinical Biochemistry at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals
  • Haematology and Blood Transfusion at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals
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Harefield Hospital

  • Clinical Biochemistry at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals
  • Haematology and Blood Transfusion at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals
  • Immunosuppressant Monitoring Service at Harefield Hospital
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Blackfriars Hub

  • Clinical Biochemistry at the Blackfriar's Hub
  • Haematology Laboratory at the Blackfriar's Hub
Friday, 24 January, 2020
King's College Hospital Analytical Equipment Upgrade
Wednesday, 28 September, 2016
Assessment of a semi-quantitative screening method for diagnosis of ethylene glycol poisoning
Sankaralingam A , Thomas A , James DR , Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki
Wednesday, 28 September, 2016
ANNALS EXPRESS: Assessment of a semi-quantitative screening method for diagnosis of ethylene glycol poisoning.
Sankaralingam A , Thomas A , James D , Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki
Wednesday, 31 July, 2013
21-Hydroxylase deficiency in the neonate – trends in steroid anabolism and catabolism during the first weeks of life
Sofia Christakoudi , David A. Cowan , Georgios Christakudis ,
Sunday, 28 July, 2013
New therapies to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
Lipid-lowering is an intervention that reduces atherosclerosis and its complications.
Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki , Viljoen A , Hardman TC , Mikhailidis DP
Sunday, 28 July, 2013
Epicardial fat and vascular risk: a narrative review
We comment on the associations between epicardial adiposity and cardiovascular disease (CVD) and associated risk factors.
Katsiki N , Mikhailidis DP , Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki
Thursday, 27 June, 2013
Lipid-lowering agents
The role of lipid lowering in reducing the risk of mortality and morbidity from cardiovascular disease (CVD) is well established.
Ewang-Emukowhate M , Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki
Friday, 10 May, 2013
Dyslipidaemia: Failure to THRIVE: the end for niacin?
Statins are established as first-line therapies for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, they do not completely eliminate the future risk of CVD events.
Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki
Tuesday, 26 February, 2013
Steroids excreted in urine by neonates with 21-hydroxylase deficiency. 4. Characterization, using GC–MS and GC–MS/MS, of 11oxo-pregnanes and 11oxo-pregnenes
Sofia Christakoudi , David A. Cowan ,
Monday, 14 January, 2013
Screening for chronic comorbid diseases in people with HIV: the need for a strategic approach.
Among people living with HIV, the proportion of deaths attributed to chronic noninfectious comorbid diseases has increased over the past 15 years.
Peters B , Post F , Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki , Phillips A , Power L , Das S , Johnson M , Moyle G , Hughes L , Wilkins E , McCloskey E , Compston J , Di Angelantonio E
Tuesday, 1 January, 2013
Urinary steroid profiling
Tuesday, 4 December, 2012
Effectiveness of alternative strategies to define index case phenotypes to aid genetic diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolaemia.
To determine the utility of secondary stratification measures to improve the ascertainment of index cases of familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH).
Rosemary E J Clarke , Soundrie T Padayachee , Rebecca Preston , Zofia McMahon , Mitchell Gordon , Colin Graham , Martin A Crook , Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki
Tuesday, 6 November, 2012
Alipogene tiparvovec: gene therapy for lipoprotein lipase deficiency.
Homozygous lipoprotein lipase (LPL) deficiency is an ultra-orphan disease associated with increased rates of pancreatitis.
Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki , Viljoen A
Thursday, 23 August, 2012
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and lipids.
This article reviews the mechanisms leading to the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and the effects of hypoglycaemic and lipid-lowering therapies on NAFLD/NASH.
Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki , Oben J
Friday, 27 July, 2012
Triglycerides: a case for treatment?
To discuss the relevance of triglycerides to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.
Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki , Clarke RE , Viljoen A , Mikhailidis DP
Friday, 27 July, 2012
Statins and noncardiac vascular disease
Evidence suggests that statins may reduce the progression (or even reverse the development) of carotid artery stenosis and AAAs.
Paraskevas KI , Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki , Mikhailidis DP
Saturday, 21 July, 2012
Effects of mitotane treatment on human steroid metabolism: implications for patient management
Lea Ghataore , I Chakraborti , S J Aylwin , K-M Schulte , D Dworakowska , P Coskeran ,
Wednesday, 6 June, 2012
New directions in cardiovascular risk assessment: the role of secondary risk stratification markers.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk screening is performed by multivariate methods relying on calculators derived from the Framingham study, other epidemiological studies or primary care records.
Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki
Thursday, 24 May, 2012
New strategies for detecting steroid metabolic disorders-paneling vs profiling
, Angel O.K. Chan
Monday, 21 May, 2012
Inhibition of pro-protein convertase subtilisin kexin 9 [corrected] (PCSK-9) as a treatment for hyperlipidaemia.
Pro-protein [corrected] convertase subtilisin kexin (PCSK)-9 is a newly discovered protein involved in intracellular and extracellular regulation of low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) expression.
Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki , Timothy C Hardman , Adie Viljoen
Friday, 18 May, 2012
Lumping and splitting in cardiovascular risk.
The world is divided into 'lumpers' and 'splitters' i.e. those that aggregate data to yield the widest possible conclusions and those that seek to sub-divide groups into smaller more plausible subgroups.
Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki
Wednesday, 16 May, 2012
Approaches to detection of adrenocortical carcinoma
, Diaz-Cano SJ , Schulte KM
Tuesday, 10 April, 2012
Diagnosis and treatment of severe hypertriglyceridemia.
Severe hypertriglyceridemia is associated with acute pancreatitis and can be a manifestation of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) deficiency.
Viljoen A , Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki
Wednesday, 7 March, 2012
The origin, global distribution, and functional impact of the human 8p23 inversion polymorphism.
Genomic inversions are an increasingly recognized source of genetic variation.
Maximilian P.A. Salm , Stuart D. Horswell , Claire E. Hutchison , Helen E. Speedy , Xia Yang , Liming Liang , Eric E. Schadt , William O. Cookson , Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki , Rossi P. Naoumova , Carol C. Sh
Thursday, 1 March, 2012
New lipid-lowering drugs: an update.
Lipid lowering is established as a proven intervention to reduce atherosclerosis and its complications.
Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki , Hardman TC , Viljoen A
Tuesday, 7 February, 2012
Daily and intermittent rosuvastatin 5 mg therapy in statin intolerant patients: an observational study.
To examine the efficacy and tolerability of rosuvastatin 5 mg at daily and non-daily dosing regimens.
Claire Meek , Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki , Christina Jewkes , Patrick J Twomey , Martin A Crook , Alan Jones , Adie Viljoen
Sunday, 1 January, 2012
Effects of mitotane on exogenous and endogenous steroid metabolism
Lea Ghataore , Indira Chakraborti , Simon Aylwin , Klaus-Martin Schulte ,
Saturday, 31 December, 2011
The effect of a 12-week course of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on lipid parameters in hypertriglyceridemic adult HIV-infected patients undergoing HAART: a randomized, placebo-controlled pilot trial.
Hypertriglyceridemia is common in patients with HIV treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).
Barry S. Peters , Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki , Graeme Moyle , Devaki Nair , Norbert Brockmeyer
Wednesday, 21 December, 2011
Steroids excreted in urine by neonates with 21-hydroxylase deficiency. 2. Characterization, using GC-MS and GC-MS/MS, of pregnanes and pregnenes with an oxo- group on the A- or B-ring
Sofia Christakoudi , David A. Cowan ,
Wednesday, 14 December, 2011
A Missense Mutation in the Human Cytochrome b5 Gene causes 46,XY Disorder of Sex Development due to True Isolated 17,20 Lyase Deficiency
Jan Idkowiak , Tabitha Randell , Vivek Dhir , Pushpa Patel , Cedric H. L. Shackleton , , Nils Krone , Wiebke Arlt
Wednesday, 7 December, 2011
Genotype-Phenotype Analysis in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia due to P450 Oxidoreductase Deficiency
Nils Krone , Nicole Reisch , Jan Idkowiak , Vivek Dhir , Hannah E. Ivison , Beverly A. Hughes , Ian T. Rose , Donna M. O'Neil , Raymon Vijzelaar , Matthew J. Smith , Fiona MacDonald , Trevor R. Cole , Nicolai Adolphs , John S. Barton , Edward M. Blair , Stephen R. Braddock , Felicity Collins , Deborah L. Cragun , Mehul T. Dattani , Ruth Day , Shelley Dougan , Miriam Feist , Michael E. Gottschalk , John W. Gregory , Michaela Haim , Rachel Harrison , Ann Haskins Olney , Berthold P. Hauffa , Peter C. Hindmarsh , Robert J. Hopkin , Petr E. Jira , Marlies Kempers , Michiel N. Kerstens , Mohamed M. Khalifa , Birgit Köhler , Dominique Maiter , Shelly Nielsen , Stephen M. O'Riordan , Christian L. Roth , Kate P. Shane , Martin Silink , Nike M. M. L. Stikkelbroeck , Elizabeth Sweeney , Maria Szarras-Czapnik , John R. Waterson , Lori Williamson , Michaela F. Hartmann , , Stefan A. Wudy , Ewa M. Malunowicz , Cedric H. L. Shackleton , Wiebke Arlt
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Luke Woodford
Operations Manager
Paulo Leite
Quality Manager
Pauline Bigsby
Operations Service Lead
Dr Sunita Sardiwal
Consultant Clinical Scientist
Dr Royce Vincent
Consultant Chemical Pathologist and Strategic Clinical Lead
Suzanne Diamond
Operations Manager
Jey Visuvanathan
Blood Sciences Operations Manager
Dr Marc Heller
Consultant Haematologist
Cristina Lobato
Blood Transfusion Quality Manager
Beverley Crane
Blood Transfusion Quality Manager
Dr Susan Robinson
Clinical lead transfusion at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
David Taylor
Consultant Clinical Scientist
Lea Ghataore
Principal Clinical Scientist
Aleksandar Mijovic
Consultant in Haematology and Transfusion medicine
Roopen Arya
Professor of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Darren Costello
Head of Service
Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki
Consultant in Metabolic Medicine/Chemical Pathology

Routine Coagulation - Blood Sciences at King's College Hospital

020 3299 2434
King's College Hospital
Bessemer Wing
Denmark Hill
London SE5 9RS

Blood Sciences Department-Guy's And St Thomas' Hospital

St Thomas' Hospital
North Wing - 5th Floor
Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7EH
Contact: 020 7188 9247

Guy's Hospital
Southwark Wing - 4th Floor
Great Maze Pond
London SE1 9RT
Contact: 020 7188 4781

Clinical Biochemistry - Blood Sciences at King's College Hospital

020 3299 4126
King's College Hospital
Bessemer Wing
Denmark Hill
London SE5 9RS

Haematology - Blood Sciences at King's College Hospital

020 3299 9000 ext.2418
King's College Hospital
Bessemer Wing
Denmark Hill
London SE5 9RS

Haematology Laboratory at Princess Royal University Hospital

01689 864257/58
Princess Royal University Hospital
Farnborough Common
Orpington
Kent
BR6 8ND

Blood Transfusion Laboratory at Princess Royal University Hospital Laboratory

01689 864329
Princess Royal University Hospital
Farnborough Common
Orpington
Kent
BR6 8ND

Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory at Princess Royal University Hospital

01689 864256
Princess Royal University Hospital
Farnborough Common
Orpington
Kent
BR6 8ND

Clinical Biochemistry at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals

Royal Brompton +44 (0)2073518411; Harefield +44 (0)1895 828876
Royal Brompton
Level 2, Sydney Street wing
Sydney Street
London
SW3 6NP

Harefield Hospital:
Pathology block
Hill End Road
Harefield
UB9 6JH

Haematology and Blood Transfusion at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals

Royal Brompton Hospital - Haematology/Transfusion: +44 (0)20 7351 8406/8210; Harefield Hospital - Haematology/Transfusion: +44 (0)1895 828722/828732
Royal Brompton
Level 2, Sydney Street wing
Sydney Street
London
SW3 6NP

Harefield Hospital:
Pathology block
Hill End Road
Harefield
UB9 6JH

Immunosuppressant Monitoring Service at Harefield Hospital

01895 828570
Harefield Hospital:
Pathology block
Hill End Road
Harefield
UB9 6JH

Fetal Medicine Unit Laboratory

020 7188 8623
St Thomas' Hospital
North Wing - 8th Floor
Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7EH

Last updated: 31/07/2023

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