We provide specialist Endocrine services for all Scottish Health Boards. Working collaboratively, we are actively involved in research and development projects and clinical audit.
Contact Information
NHSGGC Specialist Endocrine Laboratory
- General enquiries: 0141 242 9500, option 2
Contact Telephones
- Karen Smith, Consultant Clinical Scientist: 0141 201 6434
- Dr Maurizio Panarelli, Consultant Clinical Biochemist: 0141 242 9573
- Donna Chantler, Principal Clinical Scientist: 0141 242 9525
- Alison Fairservice, Principal Clinical Scientist: 0141 242 9520
- Amy Frank, Principal Clinical Scientist (USP): 0141 242 9534
- Susan Johnston, Principal Clinical Scientist: 0141 242 9537
Address
Department of Clinical Biochemistry
Macewen Building
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Glasgow
G4 0SF
Accreditation and Quality
North Glasgow Biochemistry is a medical testing laboratory accredited to ISO 15189:2012 by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). Our UKAS Medical Accreditation number is 9572. A full list of accredited tests can be found on our schedule of accreditation. Tests not on this list are not accredited; please contact the laboratory for further information if required.
The laboratory participates in external quality assurance schemes where available. Performance details are available upon request. If you wish to provide feedback on the North Glasgow Biochemistry service, please contact our Quality Manager.
The Biochemistry department utilises the Telepath Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) and TrakCare. Due to the limitations of this software, we are currently unable to fully meet the requirements of the UKAS publication GEN-6 – Reference to accreditation and multilateral recognition signatory status.
This publication sets out the requirements of reports/results released by the laboratory to contain the appropriate use of UKAS logos and identify any tests that are accredited and those that are not. The department have risk assessed this. Due to the number of analytes that can be listed on a Biochemistry report, the number of tests that are UKAS accredited and the number of auto comments already added, it is agreed by the laboratory management team that an additional auto comment would detract from the clinically relevant comments and potentially could push these onto a second page where they may be missed altogether. The risk is magnified by the way TrakCare displays results, as any result with a comment has an icon displayed next to it. If an icon is displayed next to almost every result, the alert loses its impact and may lead to clinicians missing critical icons and comments.
Although we are not able to present this information on our reports, the department’s user’s handbook and website provide full details of our accreditation.