The Clinical Chemistry Department at Birmingham Children's Hospital
performs 550,000 biochemical tests per annum on children in
the hospital and across the West Midlands. We are a multiskilled
team who use a variety of complex analyses to diagnose and monitor
children with a wide range of acquired and inherited disorders.
The Department consists of a General Paediatric Laboratory that
performs routine tests (including a 24h emergency service) for
patients in the hospital and two Specialist Services. The Inherited
Metabolic Disease Service performs tests for rare inherited
biochemical disorders. The Newborn Screening Service screens
newborns in the West Midlands for phenylketonuria, hypothyroidism, sickle cell disease, MCADD and from November 2006 Cystic Fibrosis.
Contact Details
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A CPA Accredited Laboratory
Paul Griffiths
Head of Department
Director of Newborn Screening
Tel: 0121 333 9923
Secretary: 0121 333 9947 paul.griffiths@bch.nhs.uk
Mary Anne Preece
Director of Inherited Metabolic Disorders
Laboratory
Tel: 0121 333 9940 maryanne.preece@bch.nhs.uk
