Introduction
The Celllular Pathology Service is part of the Pathology Clinical Services Unit at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. It provides Histopathology, Cytopathology, Andrology and Mortuary services to the Leeds Teaching Hospitals and the Clinical Commissioning groups for Leeds, Bradford and parts of North Yorkshire.
UKAS Accredited
- The Cellular Pathology Services at LTHT are UKAS Accredited against ISO15189: 2022 under the accreditation reference number 9862. Please visit the UKAS Website PDF Document of the schedule of accredited activity.
Turn Around Times
- We aim to report 95% of cases within 28 days.
Additional Turn Around Times Information
Average turnaround times for January to March 2026 (Q4 of 25/26) are:
- Cytology specimens 9.6 days
- Urgent biopsies 13.55 days
- All histopathology specimens 24.59 days
- Semenology specimens 1.26 days