Haematology and Blood Transfusion (GP information)
Introduction
Haematology and Blood Transfusion, located in the Pathology block of the hospital, offers a high-quality analytical service to clinicians based at the Luton & Dunstable University Hospital and in the surrounding area. The laboratory is fully CPA accredited, and offers clinical guidance and advice. For a list of investigations offered by the department, please visit the Tests Repertoire pages.
Opening Hours:
9.00 to 17.30 – Outside these hours, for urgent requests, please contact the Out of hours BMS on bleep 553.
Referral Process
GP referral by E-RS only.
GP guidance/advice by telephone or letter faxed to Haematology Secretary.
Procedures Provided
The department provides its users with a huge range of tests. The most common include:
- Full Blood Counts (FBC)
- Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
- Sickle screening
- Glandular Fever screening
- Malarial parasite screening
- Blood Film reviews
- Routine clotting screens
- INR (warfarin monitoring)
- APTT ratios (heparin monitoring)
- Haemostatic investigations e.g. thrombophilia screens, factor assays. (by arrangement)
- Haemoglobin electrophoresis
- Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) assays
- Special Haematology assays e.g pyruvate kinase, oxygen dissocation assays (by arrangement)
- Cytogenetic investigations of haematological abnormalities including leukaemia and lymphoma (by arrangement)
- Flow cytometry and cytochemisty for the identification of haematological abnormalities including leukaemia and lymphoma (by arrangement)
- Lymphocyte subset counts (CD4, CD8 counts) (by arrangement)
- Blood grouping, antibody screening and cross-matching of blood
Clinics
- General Haematology (new and follow-up)
- 2 week wait cancer clinic (including Choose and Book)
- Joint Oncology Clinic (lymphoma/myeloma) with Professor P Hoskin
- Bone marrow biopsy clinic
- Anticoagulant
- Thrombosis Clinic
- Haemostasis
- Obstetric Haematology
- Paediatric Haematology (shared with Consultant Paediatrician – Dr Toyin Lythe)
Patient Information Leaflets
Clinicians - Consultants/Specialist Nurses
Luton & Dunstable University Hospital
Haematology and Blood Transfusion
Dr M Ghebeh
Locum Consultant Haematologist
Dr B Roomallah
Locum Consultant Haematologist
Dr Manmit Kaur
Consultant
Ellen Godfrey
Support Nurse
Dr Ching-Wai Cheung
Haematology Consultant
Dr Harsarn Flora
Haematology Consultant
Prisca Mundopa
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Useful Contacts
Luton & Dunstable University Hospital
Chief BMS, Transfusion:
Charlotte Alford
01582 49217, Fax - 01582 497388
01582 49217, Fax - 01582 497388
Clinical Director
Dr Danielle Freedman
Danielle.Freedman@ldh.nhs.uk
Danielle.Freedman@ldh.nhs.uk
Out of Hours
Bleep 553
Results Enquiries:
01582 497218
Outpatients booking department:
01582 561385
Chief BMS, Haematology:
Susana Das Neves
01582 718770
01582 718770
Switchboard
01582 491166