Awanui Labs Wellington, Wellington Hospital anatomical pathology department wishes to advise our current histology reporting timeframes. As at 10 February 2024 : If your case is clinically urgent please note this clearly on the request form and it will be given priority. An email to wlg.pathologist@awanuilabs.co.nz about an urgent case is also appreciated and will ensure priority. Please take […]
Laboratory testing will be severely impacted on Monday 5 February due to industrial action. All collection centres CLOSED, with the exception of outpatient departments at Wellington, Hutt and Kenepuru hospitals which are available for URGENT testing only. Wairarapa is operating as normal Find further information here>>
ESR testing availability Our ESR machine is currently out-of-action & requires a replacement part for repair. The ability of our Wellington laboratory to perform urgent ESR testing is limited, therefore if temporal arteritis / giant cell arteritis is specified in clinical details we will continue to run these urgently. If you believe your request is urgent, […]
Awanui Labs (formerly WSCL) has been issued with strike notices from the APEX union of intended action by its members for December. There will be a change of service from December 5 – 24, 2023, The industrial action will impact laboratory services at Wellington Regional Hospital and, to a lesser extent Kenepuru Community Hospital. Hutt […]
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As an important stakeholder, we are writing to advise you of the upcoming name change of our organisation from Wellington SCL to Awanui Labs. Moving to become Awanui Labs is a significant milestone for our organisation and represents the nationwide network we are part of. Our new name brings all eight laboratory brands in […]
A reminder that we are upgrading our Laboratory Information Systems. Here is how it will affect community referrers. From 22nd July 2023, Wellington SCL will be going live with upgrades to its Laboratory Information System (LIS). This is part of a nationwide initiative that will refresh our existing LIS. Not only does this upgrade make for a […]
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Wellington SCL have been advised by the National Cervical Screening Programme (NCSP) that the start date for the switch to primary HPV screening has been postponed until 12 September 2023. Further information is available from the NCSP by emailing HPVScreen@health.govt.nz. Until the programme change to primary HPV testing takes effect on 12 September 2023, SurePath […]