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Wishaw General Hospital

Address

Biochemistry Department
Wishaw General Hospital
Netherton Street
Wishaw
Lanarkshire ML2 0DP

Contact

Dr I R Gunn (Consultant Clinical Biochemist & Head of Dept)	01698 366334
Mr J E Carlyle (Top Grade Biochemist and Clinical Director)	01698 366331
Mrs J McGuire (Consultant Clinical Scientist)	01698 366338
Dr M S Devgun (Principal Biochemist)	01698 366341
Dr R M Evans (Principal Biochemist)	01698 366337
Miss S Jarvis (Principal Biochemist)	01698 366337
Miss K J Sellar (Senior Biochemist)	01698 366337
Mr R Herbertson (Senior Chief BMS and Quality Manager)	01698 366336
Enquiries	01698 366391
Duty Biochemist (Available via switchboard)	01698 361100

The Clinical Laboratories in Wishaw General Hospital comprise departments of Biochemistry, Haematology, Microbiology and Histopathology: They are co-located on the second floor of the main hospital building.

Wishaw General Hospital is one of three Acute Hospitals in Lanarkshire. The Hospitals are directed by the Board of NHS Lanarkshire, which is the statutory Body responsible for the provision of Healthcare to the population of Lanarkshire (563,000).

Wishaw General Hospital provides a range of medical and surgical services to its local catchment area of around 200,000 people and provides maternity, neonatal and medical paediatric services for all of Lanarkshire. Wishaw General Hospital is designated as the acute hospital on which delivery of cancer services is focused.

The Clinical Laboratories provide a comprehensive consultative, analytical and interpretive service to Wishaw General Hospital, to hospitals in the community and priority services unit in Lanarkshire, to Health Centres and General Practitioners in the area, to the local Occupational Health Service and to the Procurators Fiscal in the Crown Offices of Hamilton, Lanark and Airdrie.

The Biochemistry Department currently has full accreditation status from Clinical Pathology Accreditation (UK) Ltd. (CPA).

Further information is provided in the Laboratory Handbook available from the department, and at the Wishaw website