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The York laboratory is situated in the block to the right of the main hospital entrance, on the three floors above “Pharmacy” shown on the hospital plan below. Access into the laboratory area is restricted (swipe card access only) and visitors are asked to report to the Ground Floor Reception. Our address is:
Laboratory Medicine
York Hospital
Wigginton Road
YORK
YO31 8HE
The Scarborough laboratory is situated adjacent to the A/E Department in a two storey, purpose built block shown as point F on the hospital plan below. There is limited parking in front of the Laboratory with access from the car park. There is a pay and display car park for visitors. From inside the hospital and the South and North entrances, follow the signs to Pathology. The Pathology office, stores, phlebotomy, blood sciences and blood transfusion are on the ground floor, microbiology is on the first floor.
Access into the laboratory is restricted (electronically locked doors) and visitors are asked to report to the office reception
Our address is:
Laboratory Medicine Department,
Scarborough Hospital
Woodlands Drive
Scarborough
YO12 6QL
The department operates from the second floor of the laboratory block on the York site and the ground floor of the laboratory block on the Scarborough site.
This section of the Biochemistry department operates from the second floor of the Laboratory Medicine block on the York site and the first floor of the laboratory block on the Scarborough site.
The department operates from the first floor of the Laboratory Medicine block on the York site.
The departments operate from the second floor of the laboratory block on the York site and the ground floor of the laboratory block on the Scarborough site.
This section of the Haematology department operates from the second floor of the Laboratory Medicine block on the York site.
The department operates from the third floor of the Laboratory Medicine block on the York site.
The department operates from the first floor of the laboratory blocks on the York and Scarborough sites.
This section of the Microbiology department operates from second floor of the York site.
Webpage last updated: 17th December 2019
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