Construction of a new Acute Hospital Laboratory has begun The 24/7 operated AHL is being created to provide urgent pathology facilities to support clinical teams at the LGI when the main pathology service relocates to the brand-new state-ofthe-art pathology laboratory currently under construction at St James’s Hospital. Morris & Spottiswood has started construction of the AHL and is set to complete in summer 2023. The new lab will co-locate Blood Sciences and Blood Bank together in one purpose-built facility but to ensure there is no disruption to the service during the works, the Blood Bank team
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moved to a temporary lab within the LGI in December 2022. Pa t h o l o g y i s o n e o f t h e ke y p r o j e c t s i n L e e d s Te a c h i n g Hospitals’ Building the Leeds Wa y p r o g r a m m e o f c a p i t a l investment and improvements across the Trust.
Currently, the majority of the Trust’s pathology services are provided from outdated facilities in the Old Medical School at the LGI and from St James’s Hospital. The new pathology laboratory will bring most of these services together and will be home to a d v a n c e d e q u i p m e n t a n d technologies that will support leading-edge testing and diagnostics for patients right across West Yorkshire and Harrogate. Staff will mo ve into the ne w