Cellular Pathology

Welcome to our Leeds Teaching Hospitals Cellular Pathology Service! This site has been developed to provide useful information for our service users.

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

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