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Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust

The Trust serves a population of 550,000 people and provides services at three hospitals:
Southampton General Hospital (1065 beds)
Royal South Hants Hospital (138 beds)
Princess Anne Hospital (183 beds)

Department of Chemical Pathology
Southampton General Hospital

Address

Tremona Road
Southampton
Hampshire SO16 6YD

Staffing

Director	Dr P J Wood Consultant Clinical Scientist Reg Endocrine Unit Southampton General Hospital Level D, South Block, Tremona Road Southampton Tel: 023 8079 6707 Fax: 023 8079 6898
Consultants/ Co-directors	Dr V Walker Dr E Abu
BMS Manager	Dr J Wood
Current staffing	70 wte staff across all grades
Clinical Scientists	9 (1 Cons, 1 Principal, 4 B, 3 A)
Medical Staff	5.4 (2 Cons, 3 SpR’s + 0.4 Associate Specialist)
Workload	Approximately 4 million tests/year with 327 different tests performed.
Structure	The laboratory has five main sections: Automated, Special Techniques, Critical Care Lab, Endocrinology and SAS Trace Metals Unit.

Specialist services

SAS Trace Metals Service	(Director: Dr V Walker)
Regional Endocrine Unit	(Director Dr P Wood) Provides local, regional and supraregional services for a wide range of steroid and peptide assays
Special Techniques and Toxicology	HPLC, GC and GC-MS assays for catecholamines, 5-HIAA organic and amino acids

Details of specialist services
are available on Assay-Finder

Local Audit Initiatives

Audit Lead – Dr Annie Armston

AUDIT	DATE	CONTACT
Troponin Audit	02	Dr Emmanuel Abu
Wessex Regional Audit Urine Albumin	July 02	Dr Annie Armston
National Lipid Audit	March 03	-
Plasma Osmolality Audit (1)	March 03	Mrs Samantha Barrett
Osmolality Audit (2)	March 03	Mrs Samantha Barrett
Methotrexate Audit	March 03	Mrs Samantha Barrett
Methotrexate Audit	April 03	Mrs Samantha Barrett
Wessex Regional Audit on the interpretation of serum cortisol results	May 03	Dr Annie Armston
Wessex Chemical Pathology Audit on toxicology/TDM testing	July 03	Dr Annie Armston
Reviewing the policy for phoning high potassium results on renal failure patients out of hours	July 03	Dr Swati Bhat Dr Annie Armston
Monitoring achievement of turn-around times for different locations within the hospital	August 03	Dr Swati Bhat
Audit on the quality of information on GP request forms	September 03	Miss Catherine Noyce Dr Annie Armston
Audit to assess the number of duplicate patient records located in Master Lab	December 03	Miss Catherine Noyce
Audit of GP patients who have polycystic ovary syndrome as part of their differential diagnosis – does the addition of DHEAS and androstenedione help?	January 04	Miss Catherine Noyce Dr Roy Talbot Dr Annie Armston
Audit of the procedure for telephoning results – General SOP 2.1	April 04	Dr Fiona Allison
Wessex Chemical Pathology Audit on ALP reference ranges	July 04	Dr Annie Armston Ms Jane Lewis, Royal United Hospital, Bath Finlay Mackenzie (UKNEQAS)
Wessex Chemical Pathology Audit on pleural fluid testing	July 04	Dr Annie Armston