Hours of service

Cytopathology (John Radcliffe Hospital)

Laboratory open: Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm

There is no out-of-hours service.

Clinic-based FNA service

• Mondays in the Churchill Hospital outpatient departments and wards.
• Wednesday in ENT Outpatients, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital.

Histopathology (John Radcliffe Hospital)

Laboratory open: Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm

• General tissue samples
• Autopsy

Out of hours on-call service available only for:

• urgent renal specimens
• small bowel transplant specimens
• (by arrangement with the relevant Consultant Pathologist), critical emergency work at other times.

All out-of-hours work must be discussed with the relevant Pathologist our team prior to accessing the service.

Histopathology (Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre)

Laboratory open: Monday to Thursday 7.30am - 4.30pm / Friday 7.30am - 4.00pm

• Bone
• Soft tissue
• Osteoarticular

There is no out-of-hours service for Bone Pathology

In an extreme emergency, call the NOC Security Team to contact a member of the NOC Histology Team:

• 01865 738012

Mortuary (John Radcliffe Hospital)

Open: Monday to Friday 7.00am - 4.00pm