Welcome to the West of Scotland Genetics Service
Important Information
The West of Scotland Genetics Service is relocating from its current base, to the Laboratory Medicine Block of the Southern General Hospital
Stage 1 :- Laboratory Services - Phased relocation from 12th April 2012 until full operation on 15th May 2012
Stage 2 :- Clinical Services - Relocation on 4th July 2012 with full operation on 5th July 2012
Please note that Genetics reception at Yorkhill closed for all specimen reception on Friday 11th May.
The Yorkhill pneumatic tube system should no longer be used to deliver samples to Genetics reception.
Specimens can continue to be delivered to Yorkhill if the SGH is not part of a regular transport route. If local transport arrangements allow and for specimens sent by taxi delivery should be directly to the Laboratory Medicine Building at SGH (details below).
Any specimens delivered to Yorkhill from the 12th May should be taken to the specimen reception hub (entry is via the Biochemistry Department) and will be forwarded by regular transport to Laboratory Genetics at the Southern General Hospital.
At SGH
Specimens arriving by taxi should be delivered to Level 2. Vehicle access to the Laboratory Medicine building is via Hardgate Road only. Park in the drop-off bay and take further direction at the main reception.
Vans with bulk sample deliveries will access the site from Hardgate Road and present at the main vehicle barrier. The driver should then access the building via the goods entrance and travel to Level 2 via the Goods Lift.
Service Information
Stage 1 :- Laboratory Services - Phased relocation from 12th April 2012 until full operation on 15th May 2012
Stage 2 :- Clinical Services - Relocation on 4th July 2012 with full operation on 5th July 2012
Please note that Genetics reception at Yorkhill closed for all specimen reception on Friday 11th May.
The Yorkhill pneumatic tube system should no longer be used to deliver samples to Genetics reception.
Specimens can continue to be delivered to Yorkhill if the SGH is not part of a regular transport route. If local transport arrangements allow and for specimens sent by taxi delivery should be directly to the Laboratory Medicine Building at SGH (details below).
Any specimens delivered to Yorkhill from the 12th May should be taken to the specimen reception hub (entry is via the Biochemistry Department) and will be forwarded by regular transport to Laboratory Genetics at the Southern General Hospital.
At SGH
Specimens arriving by taxi should be delivered to Level 2. Vehicle access to the Laboratory Medicine building is via Hardgate Road only. Park in the drop-off bay and take further direction at the main reception.
Vans with bulk sample deliveries will access the site from Hardgate Road and present at the main vehicle barrier. The driver should then access the building via the goods entrance and travel to Level 2 via the Goods Lift.
Service Information
The laboratories of the West of Scotland Genetics Service are located on Level 2 of the Laboratory Medicine Building at Southern General Hospital having moved there recently from Yorkhill Hospital in May 2012 . Level 2 has laboratory facilities for Biochemical, Molecular and Cytogenetic analyses and has close links with Clinical Genetics Services in addition Paediatric and Maternity specialties.
The Ferguson-Smith Centre for Clinical Genetics is located at Yorkhill Hospital sees increasing numbers of patients and their families every year for genetic counselling at general genetics clinics, cancer genetic clinics and specialist genetic clinics both within the Centre itself and at a number of community locations throughout the West of Scotland. The Clinical Genetics service will combine with the laboratory services in July 2012 in the Laboratory Medicine Building of the Southern General Hospital
The laboratory opening hours are as follows:
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Monday - Friday :- |
08:30 - 17:00 |
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Saturday :- |
08:30 - 12:30 |
A full service will be provided on public holidays except for Christmas Day and New Years Day when the department is closed. ontact Details
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Laboratory Genetics |
Ferguson-Smith Centre for Clinical Genetics, |
Further contact and service information for each of the Departments within the Genetics Service can be found by selecting the appropriate link on the left
Both departments have close links with the University of Glasgow Campus at Yorkhill where NHS staff are involved in the teaching and supervision of both undergraduate and postgraduate genetics courses. Further information on the University Department of Medical Genetics can be found at www.gla.ac.uk/medicalgenetics
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Site editor:
Gordon Graham (gordon.graham@ggc.scot.nhs.uk )
Pages on this site last updated: 16/05/12