Our laboratories will be closed during the upcoming bank holiday, please be aware of these arrangements when sending samples for testing.
Outside of routine courier collections, please do not arrange deliveries to arrive between:
- 12 noon on Tuesday 23 December and the end of Friday 26 December
- 12 noon on Tuesday 30 December and the end of Friday 1 January
At CUH, staff will be on-call to process urgent HaemOnc samples during this period aligned with the information below.
There is no on-call service for rare disease tests, which may delay processing of urgent samples.
Haemato-Oncology Service
Routine courier services will not be in place over the bank holidays. If you anticipate sending samples at these times, please contact us as soon as possible to make arrangements:
- Molecular Team: cuh.eastglh-haemonc-molecular@nhs.net
- Cyto Team: cuh.eastglh-haemonc-cyto@nhs.net
Due to the closures detailed above, please:
- Inform us in advance of any samples arriving after 12 noon on Tue 23 Dec/Tue 30 Dec.
- Bone marrow samples requiring RNA extraction for internal tests (e.g., BCR::ABL p210 quantification) must also be received by 12 noon on Tue 23 Dec/Tue 30 Dec.
- Follow-up AML or ALL MRD samples requiring immediate dispatch to external laboratories to obtain RNA (e.g., NPM1, core binding factor, PML::RARA, BCR::ABL1) should be received no later than 12 noon Tue 23 Dec/30 Dec.
- Samples received after this time will require processing within our lanbs prior to onward dispatch.
CUH Genomics Laboratory staff will remain available during the holidays to perform urgent processing and/or testing. Additionally, for CUH submitters, a cytogenetics and molecular scientist will be on call to handle emergency requests. These can be coordinated by reaching out to the HODS on-call consultant.
If you have a sample requiring this type of urgent processing or testing, please contact the CUH Genomics Laboratory teams:
- Molecular Team: cuh.eastglh-haemonc-molecular@nhs.net (On-call Molecular scientist can be reached at: 07713 325 861.
- Cyto Team: cuh.eastglh-haemonc-cyto@nhs.net
If you would like to contact the on-call HODS consultant, please go through the CUH switchboard on 01223 805000.
Thank you and happy holidays.