Acute Assessment Unit
About us
Haematology provides investigations, treatment or follow up for different blood conditions.
We carry out routine and urgent automated blood tests.
Routine haematology tests include:
- Full blood count and blood film
- Coagulation screening
- Monitoring of oral anticoagulants
- Haematinic assay
- Haemoglobinopathy screening and investigation
Blood transfusion tests include:
- Pre-transfusion blood group and antibody screening
- Antenatal blood group and antibody screening
- Cross-matching and issuing compatible blood components
- Investigation of transfusion reactions
- Investigation of haematological disorders, including specialist tests and bone marrow biopsies, are available by contacting the duty consultant haematologist.
- After a blood transfusion
- Anaemia
- Anticoagulation clinic
- Blood tests
- Blood thinning medications (in hospital)
- Blood transfusion
- Bone marrow biopsy under conscious sedation
- Declining a blood transfusion or blood products
- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
- Haematology (blood) cancer: information and support
- Iron in your diet
- Iron infusion
- Pulmonary embolism