Turnaround Times

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It is difficult to state a turnaround time for histology samples due to the complexity and/or variation of some requests.  Target turnaround times are set according to the national targets  as follows:

Target turnaround times: Histology 

Priority status

Turnaround time

Cancer pathway requests

7 days of receipt

Urgent requests

7 days of receipt

Routine requests

10 days of receipt

Unfortunately due to work load and demand,  turnaround times may be longer.

Any queries on samples, contact the Cellular Pathology department.

  

Target turnaround times:  Cytology

Priority status 

Turnaround time

 Non-cervical cytology specimens. 

 95% reported within 5 days of receipt