News
Strike action – 5 February
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>>
Referrer newsletter: 26 January
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, […]
Waitangi day
All of our collection centres will be closed on Tuesday 6 February for Waitangi day. (Photo credit: Aaron Mickan, Unsplash)
Wellington anniversary day
All collection centres will be closed on Monday 22 January for the anniversary day public holiday. Enjoy the long weekend.
Change of service in December
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 […]
Referrer newsletter: 21 August
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Our name is changing – introducing Awanui Labs
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 […]
New Laboratory Information System (LIS)
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 […]
Referrer newsletter: 10 July
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