The Specialist Testing Department is one of five departments within the Laboratory Medicine Directorate at the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust. The five departments are: Blood Sciences, Specialist Testing, Blood Transfusion, Cellular Pathology and Microbiology (UK Health Security Agency).

 

Within Specialist Testing there are five sections consisting of Molecular Diagnostics, Separation Science to include Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Toxicology, Cellular Science to include flow cytometry, cell separation assays and Immunology.  These offer a comprehensive Specialist Testing service to the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, many local General Practices and to other hospitals and Trusts.