Pathology

Our pathology team offer a range of services to diagnose diseases and help monitor your treatment.

Location: Central Middlesex, Ealing, Northwick Park, and St Mark's Hospitals
Division: Integrated clinical services
General manager: David Stokes

About our pathology service

Our pathology team offer a range of services to diagnose diseases and help monitor your treatment. Pathology is an important part of diagnosing most medical conditions. You can learn more about pathology at NHS.uk.

We have services at Central Middlesex, Ealing and Northwick Park Hospitals.

Our general pathology service is provided by TDL (The Doctors Laboratory), and includes the Regional Neonatal Haemoglobinopathy Laboratory at Central Middlesex Hospital.

At Northwick Park Hospital, our service also includes:

  • the North West Thames Regional Genetics service
  • the London Bowel Cancer Screening Hub
  • point of care testing
  • Regional Cytology Training centre
  • transfusion practitioners
  • mortuary service.

Contact our pathology service

You can get in touch with us between 9am and 5.30pm on weekdays:

  • at Central Middlesex, Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospitals: 020 8869 3000
  • at Ealing Hospital: 020 8967 5457 or 020 8967 5459

Pathology referrals

Please use our ICE electronic ordercomm system to request pathology tests. This means that we can return your test results directly to you.

GP request form for pathology supplies[pdf] 308KB

Pathology handbook 2023[pdf] 2MB