South West London Pathology is committed to providing high-quality clinical and diagnostic services. Internal quality assurance is guaranteed by strict adherence to analytical protocols and a comprehensive internal quality control programme.
All of our laboratories are accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) which ensures that we meet the stringent requirements expected from a pathology service. UKAS provides accreditation to the internationally recognised standard ISO 15189 Medical Laboratories – requirements for quality and competence.
All of our laboratories undergo yearly assessments by UKAS, ensuring that they comply with the regulations and requirements set out.
UKAS accreditation certificates and schedules
Clinical Blood Sciences, including Point of Care Testing, accreditation certificate
Clinical Blood Sciences, including Point of Care Testing, accreditation schedule
Cellular Pathology accreditation certificate
Cellular Pathology accreditation schedule
Immunology and Protein Reference Unit accreditation certificate
Immunology and Protein Reference Unit accreditation schedule
Microbiology accreditation certificate
Microbiology accreditation schedule
Clinical Blood Sciences accreditation certificate – Epsom and St Helier Hospitals
Clinical Blood Sciences accreditation schedule – Epsom and St Helier Hospitals
Our Blood Transfusion laboratories are regulated by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and are subject to periodic inspections to ensure compliance.
Find out more about MHRA inspections
Clinical Blood Sciences Analyser Transition and UKAS accreditation status
As part of the planned transformation of services within Clinical Blood Sciences, some tests that are now performed on our newly deployed analysers will be removed from our accreditation scope pending reassessment. This is standard procedure as required by UKAS, and the reaccreditation of these tests on the new analysers is already underway.
Please be assured that this is a normal and anticipated part of the transition process. The laboratories remain accredited for all other activities during this period, and our processes with the new analysers are in line with the requirements set out by ISO15189:2022. We are working closely with UKAS to complete the extension to scope process to return these tests to our accreditation scope as quickly and efficiently as possible.