The Blood Transfusion Department is situated within the Pathology Department on the first floor of Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
The pages on this website outline general information concerning the department, including team contacts and telephone numbers, details of tests and other services, together with the turnaround time for tests. Although laboratory turnaround times are shown, experience has indicated that unexpected circumstances may result in delays in the transmission of results.
The Blood Transfusion Team Contact Details
The Haematology Medical Team is available for clinical advice and should be contacted via switchboard.
| Group | Name | Position | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical | Dr Dominique Chan-Lam | Consultant Haematologist | via switchboard | |
| Medical | Dr Rumana Rashid | Consultant Haematologist | via switchboard | |
| Medical | Angela Crossland | Secretary to Dr Chan-Lam & Dr Rashid | 2810 | angela.crossland@nhs.net |
| Medical | Susan Peaker | Secretary to Dr Sorour & Dr Cutting | 2765 | susan.peaker@nhs.net |
| Laboratory | Mark Taplin | Blood Transfusion Manager | 2061 | marktaplin@nhs.net |
| Laboratory | Blood Transfusion Operational Manager | 2628 | ||
| Blood Transfusion | Mark Liversidge | Senior Hospital Transfusion Practitioner | 2764 or Bleep 715 | mark.liversidge@nhs.net |
| Blood Transfusion | Julie Pozorski | Hospital Transfusion Practitoner | 2764 or Bleep 715 | jpozorski@nhs.net |
| Laboratory | Daniel Firth | Pathology Quality Manager | 6372 | danielfirth@nhs.net |
| Clerical | Susan Bird / Kerry Taylor | HTT Administrators | 2764 or 07784239187 | Bdg-tr.hospitaltransfusionteam@nhs.net |
Laboratory hours
Monday – Friday (08:45 – 17:15hrs) Routine service
All other times (incl. Bank holidays) Out of hours service
Out of Hours
The Blood Transfusion/Haematology BMS Out of hours can be contacted via telephone number (01226) 43 2628 or (01226) 43 2862 or by Bleep number 205. All urgent out of hours requests must be phoned.
The Consultant Haematologists are available via the hospital switchboard – ask for the Consultant Haematologist on-call.
Referral work
The Blood Transfusion Department refers work to NHSBT Red Cell Immunohaematology laboratory and Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics laboratory in Sheffield. The laboratories are UKAS accredited.
Transportation of Specimens
Hospital samples are delivered either via the air tube system or by hand to the Laboratory Specimen Reception Department. Blood Transfusion requests are given top priority by Specimen Reception – the requests are sent to the Blood Transfusion Department as soon as possible.
Samples which are considered to be a potential “high risk” of infection should not be transported to the laboratory using the air tube system. Samples should be transported to the laboratory in sealed containers by hand.
Antenatal serology samples are usually transported and delivered using Courier Logistics from G.P practices.
Uncertainty of Laboratory Results
All pathology assays carry an inevitable degree of uncertainty. Whilst many factors are well recognised (pre-analytical variables, analytical precision) some occur by random error alone.
(A random error is associated with the fact that when a measurement is repeated it will generally provide a measured value that is different from the previous value. It is random in that the next measured value cannot be predicted exactly from previous such values).
Users should bear in mind these uncertainties when interpreting any laboratory value.
The laboratory is happy to discuss analytical variation with any user of the service.
Laboratory EQAS performance data is available to any interested user – please contact the laboratory Manager.