HSL Cellular Pathology

HSL’s Cellular Pathology Department consists of Histopathology, Diagnostic Cytology and HSL-Advanced Diagnostics.  Operating on a hub-and-spoke model, our laboratories provide diagnostic services for multiple hospitals and clinics across North Central London, aiming to provide clinicians with fast, safe and high-quality laboratory testing.

Core Laboratories

Histopathology Laboratory (60 Whitfield Street)

Diagnostic Cytology Laboratory (60 Whitfield Street)

HSL-Advanced Diagnostics (60 Whitfield Street)

Histopathology Laboratory (Royal Free Hospital)

General enquiries

HSL Cellular Pathology Office – UCLH and Whittington
Please check EPIC/ICE for results before contacting
uclh.cellpath@nhs.net
020 3456 8402

HSL Cellular Pathology Office – RFL, B&CF and NMUH 
Please check Cerner for results before contacting
rfh-tr.rfh-cellpathadmin@nhs.net
020 7830 2227

Laboratory hours

Histopathology (60 Whitfield Street): Monday–Friday, 07:30–19:00.

Diagnostic Cytology (60 Whitfield Street): Monday–Friday, 09:00–17:30.

HSL-Advanced Diagnostics (60 Whitfield Street): Monday–Friday, 07:30–19:00.

Histopathology Laboratory (Royal Free Hospital): Monday–Friday, 07:30–19:30.

Urgent requests

Please contact the relevant pathologist to discuss urgent processing prior to sending the sample.

Out-of-hours service

There is no routine consultant diagnostic service for weekends and bank holidays; for urgent results special arrangements must be made in advance.

Currently, only the RFH histopathology section of Cellular Pathology offers an out-of-hours service for RFH Patients. The on-call service is a consultant led out-of-hours telephone advisory service and is available every evening and at weekends; this includes a technical service for very urgent samples.

Where a sample requires out-of-hours processing the on-call consultant should be contacted first, via the switchboard.

There is no on-call or out of hours service for consultant histopathologists or cytopathologists for UCLH patients.

Clinical advice

During working hours (Monday–Friday, 09:00–17:30), please contact the relevant Consultant Pathologist.

Please note that Cervical Screening London is an independent department.