Cellular Pathology
General enquiries
| Site | Telephone | |
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| Queen Elizabeth Hospital | ||
| Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals |
Quality Leads
| Site | Telephone | |
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| Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Samantha Hoccom | ||
| Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals, Joanne Small |
Head Biomedical Scientist
| Name | Telephone | |
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| Saeeda Kauser |
Deputy Head Biomedical Scientists
| Name | Telephone | |
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| General | (For out of hours emergency queries) | |
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Becci Taylor |
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Jane Gilbert |
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Gavin Rock |
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Rizwan Qamar |
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Bev Whitehouse |
Joint Clinical Service Lead
| Site | Telephone | |
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| Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Dr Rachel M Brown |
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| Heartlands Hospital, Dr Bruce Tanchel |
Human Tissue Authority Designated Individual
| Name | Telephone | |
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Dr Gerald Langman |
Mortuary enquiries
| Site | Telephone | |
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| Queen Elizabeth Hospital | ||
| Heartlands Hospital and Solihull Hospital | ||
| Good Hope Hospital |
Mortuary Manager / Quality lead
| Name | Telephone | |
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| Katie Goodall |
Andrology
| Department | Telephone | |
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| Referrals and general enquiries | ||
| Appointment enquiries |
Bone and Soft Tissue Tumour Unit
| Department | Telephone | |
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| Bone and Soft Tissue Tumour Unit |
Cytology laboratory
| Site | Telephone | |
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| Queen Elizabeth Hospital | ||
| Heartlands Hospital |
Cytology – Technical Lead
| Name | Telephone | |
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Shabnam Latif |
Muscle Biopsy & Electron Microscopy
| Department / name | Telephone | |
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| Muscle & Electron Microscopy Laboratory | ||
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Specialist Healthcare Scientist, Beverley Whitehouse |
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Senior BMS, |
Tissues Services
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Tissue Services (Human Applications) and Quality, |
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Tissue Services Manager |
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Tissue Services Quality Practitioner |
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Tissue Services Administrator |
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Tissue Services on call |
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Cellular Pathology on call Duty Manager |
Clinical Biochemistry
Laboratory
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Biochemistry Results |
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Duty Biochemist, |
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Duty Biochemist, |
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General Enquiries, |
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General Enquiries, |
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GP General Enquiries, |
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GP General Enquiries, |
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Specialist Testing Laboratory |
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Amandeep Khela, |
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Sarah Caisbrook, |
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Jaime Weaver, |
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Stephnie Shuttleworth, |
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Lee Briarwood, |
Clinical
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Duty Biochemists |
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Urgent clinical advice (in hours), |
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Urgent clinical advice (in hours), |
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Urgent clinical advice |
Hospital switchboard and ask for Biochemistry Duty Consultant On-Call |
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Research enquiries including chasing non-standard of care results |
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Dr Alex Lawson, |
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Dr Rachel Webster, |
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Craig Webster, |
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Joanne Duffy, |
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Dr Laura Lewis, |
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Dr Amy Dunne, |
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Charlotte Armitage, |
Chemical Pathology
| Name | Telephone | |
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Dr Nathan Lorde, |
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Prof Sud Ramachandran, Consultant Chemical Pathologist |
Toxicology and Post-mortem Toxicology
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Toxicology General enquiries |
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Toxicology Clinical enquiries |
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Toxicology Research enquiries |
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Post-mortem Toxicology |
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Consultant Toxicologist, |
Immunology
| Name | Contact details |
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General Immunology Laboratory |
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Cellular Immunology Laboratory |
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Immunology Laboratory Manager (BMS), |
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Consultant Clinical Scientist - Thomas Wilding |
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Principal Clinical Scientist - Melanie Hunt |
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Immunology Clinical Scientists Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:00 |
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Immunology Registrar |
Point of Care Team
General enquiries
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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Heartlands Hospital |
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Solihull Hospital |
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Good Hope Hospital |
Point of Care Manager, Dr Jessie Raju
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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Heartlands Hospital |
UKHSA Microbiology (BHH)
| Name / department | Telephone |
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UKHSA all laboratory enquiries |
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Microbiology Clinical Service Lead - Dr Abid Hussain |
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Microbiology Deputy Clinical Service Lead - Dr Itisha Gupta |
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Virologist - Duty |
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Virology Clinical Lead - Dr Michael Kidd |
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Virology Clinical Lead for ANNB Screening program - Mr Jonathan Taylor |
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Regional Head of Operations - Mrs Karen Marston |
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Laboratory Manager - Mrs Priti Rathod |
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Acute Bacteriology & Public Health Services Manager - Mrs Comfort Maduako |
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National Mycobacterial Reference Service Manager & H&S Officer - Miss Amna Zulfiqar |
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Clinical Virology and Molecular Service Manager - Mrs Tracey Barnett |
For external or urgent internal queries, contact duty microbiologist / virologist via 0121 424 3244 or switchboard out of hours.
For non-urgent internal queries, please use the PICS referral form within working hours or via switchboard out of hours.
For referrals from Primary care, email referrals can be sent to infectionemail@uhb.nhs.uk or GPs can contact the Duty Microbiologist via 0121 424 3244.
Microbiology and Virology (QEHB)
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General enquiries |
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Head Biomedical Scientist (BMS) – Catherine Swann |
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Deputy Head BMS – Ashok Dadrah (Virology) |
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Deputy Head BMS – Hussain Ahmed (Bacteriology) |
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Deputy Head BMS – Matthew Smith-Banks (Specimen Reception) |
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Medical Microbiology and Clinical Service Lead – Mimi Hamad |
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Deputy Clinical Service Lead and Consultant Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology – Aimee Johnson |
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Consultant Microbiologists
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Consultant Virologists
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External or urgent internal queries. |
Contact the duty microbiologist / virologist through switchboard. |
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Non-urgent internal queries |
Please use the PICS referral form within working hours or contact through switchboard out of hours. |
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Infection Control Nursing Team |
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Community Infection Control Nurses |
Molecular Pathology contacts
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Molecular Specimen Reception |
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Magda Nowak-Burns |
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Satveer Kaur |
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Dr Philippe Taniere |
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Dr Matthew Evans |
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Brendan O’Sullivan |
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Pauline Kaur Rehal |
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Samantha Butler |
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Lisa James |
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Nicola Chadderton |
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Asad Iqbal |
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Jamie Thompson |
Haematology and Blood Transfusion contacts
Research and Development
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Research and Development enquiries |
Specimen Reception
| Name | Telephone | |
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General enquiries |
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General enquiries |
General Management
| Name | Telephone | |
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Craig Webster |
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James Taylor |
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Michelle Waterworth |
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Bianca Ali |
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Claire Rickhuss |
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Caitriona Martin-O’Mullan |
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Cheryl Scandrett |
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Tracey Townley |
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Pathology IT |
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Vipen Kaler |
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Robert Storer |
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Simon Stilwell |
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Pathology Quality |
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Louise Fallon |
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Verity Pursglove |
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Nazleen Musood |
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Pathology Practice & Education |
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Rohini Patel |
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Last reviewed: 19 October 2026