Referring tests to us (non NuTH hospitals)
Please ensure that the test you require is available in our staining repertoire.
For laboratories outside of North East, North Cumbria (NENC) please contact the laboratory before sending the test, unless a formal arrangement is already in place.
Link to Cellular Pathology ICC and ISH current repertoire
- Requests for Her2 4B5/ISH
- Instructions for sending Her2 cases
- Her2 request form – electronic
- Her2 request form – printable
- Requests for HPV16 ISH
- HPV request form – electronic
- HPV request form – printable
- IHC stain only referrals
- Request form
- Lung mutation testing
- Lung mutation testing form – electronic
- Lung mutation testing form – printable
- Melanoma BRAF Mutation requests
- Melanoma BRAF Mutation request form – electronic
- Melanoma BRAF Mutation request form – printable
- Sending cases for MSI/MMR
- Request form – electronic
- Request form – printable
Referring tissue samples to us
- Muscle biopsies
- Sending frozen muscle biopsies
- Sending fresh muscle biopsies
- Open muscle biopsy request form
- Muscle biopsy request form
- Nerve biopsies
- Advice on sending nerve biopsies
- Nerve biopsy request form
- Placenta referrals
- Placental referral form
- Placental pathological examination RCPath indications for referral (aide memoire for clinicians)
- National guidance – G108 Tissue pathway for histopathological examination of the placenta
- Referred perinatal post mortems
- Perinatal post mortem referral and consent form
- Perinatal autopsy information leaflet
- Perinatal post-mortem NHS England policy criteria for referral (aide memoire for clinicians)
- NHSE Statement: perinatal post-mortem investigation of fetal neonatal deaths October 2022.