Please be advised of our laboratory opening hours over the coming weeks as follows:

Blood Sciences Department

OPEN 24/7 with reduced staffing outside of normal hours and on Bank Holidays.

Tel: 0191 223 1017 (Freeman)

Tel: 0191 223 1017 (RVI)

Microbiology/Serology Department                       

Click here for timetable

Tel: 0191 223 1019

Cellular Pathology Department

• 19^th – 23^rd Dec 2022 – 08.00-18.00
• 24^th December 2022 – 08.00-12.30
• 25^th December 2022 – Closed
• 26^th December 2022 – Closed
• 27^th December 2022 – Closed (Bank Holiday)
• 28^th– 30^th Dec 2022 – 08.00-18.00
• 31^st December 2022 – 08.00-12.30
• 1^st January 2023 – Closed
• 2^nd January 2023 – Closed (Bank Holiday)
• 3^rd January 2023 – Open as Usual

Normal working hours apply on all other dates.                Tel: 0191 282 4445

Genetics Department

• 26^th December 2022 – Closed (Bank Holiday)
• 27^th December 2022 – Closed (Bank Holiday)
• 1^st January 2023 – Closed (Bank Holiday)

Normal working hours apply on all other dates                  Tel: 0191 241 8600

Courier Service

A Normal courier service will be in place

• Up to and including Friday 23rd December (Christmas Eve morning inter-site Bio-Blood Science Labs run in place)
• Wednesday 28^th – Friday 30^th December
• New Year’s Eve morning inter-site Bio-Blood Science Labs run in place
• Normal service resuming from Tuesday 4^th January 2022

Northumbria Bloods Bikes will be in operation as normal

• Out of hours, on weekends, and on public/Bank Holidays.

If you do not require a late evening collection must advise via nuth.enquiries.courier@nhs.net.

Please note that the courier service will not be able to accommodate new or additional collections over this period although small changes will be supported whenever possible.

Normal service on all other dates.

Tel: 0191 223 1353