Licensing and accreditation

Accreditation

The Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (H&I) laboratory is a United Kingdom Accreditation Services (UKAS) accredited Medical Laboratory. The accreditation also covers our Molecular Diagnostics laboratories.

• Scope for UKAS accreditation (PDF 349KB)
• Certificate of accreditation (PDF 1.27MB)
• ISO15189:2022 transition accreditation letter (PDF 86KB)

EFI accreditation programme certificates for  NHS Blood and Transport sites

Tthe European Federation for Immunogenetics (EFI) accreditation programme also covers the H&I labs for the clinical services they provide:

• Barnsley site 03-GB-006.994 (PDF 134KB)
• Birmingham site 03-GB-020.980 (PDF 140KB)
• Colindale site 03-GB-002.998 (PDF 458KB)
• Filton site 03-GB-015.985 (PDF 201KB)
• Newcastle site 03-GB-004.996 (PDF 94KB)
• Tooting site 03-GB-003.997 (PDF 141KB)

Quality Policy

Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (H&I) is committed to providing a clinically relevant range of diagnostic and reference services, designed, and delivered to meet the needs and requirements of our patients, donors, clinical teams and laboratory users.

• Quality policy (PDF 131KB).

Declaration

We proactively declare the status of our quality, providing you with assurance of our continuing commitment to quality and to the needs of the user. Our declaration will assist referral laboratories' compliance with ISO15189. 

• Quality commitment statement (PDF 142KB)

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) licensing

We are licensed by MHRA for the services that fall under the Blood Establishment Authorisation (BEA) regulations:

• Barnsley (BE25224 site:19504395)
• Birmingham (BE25224 site: 90670)
• Colindale (BE25224 site: 90677)
• Filton (BE25224 site: 616467)
• Newcastle (BE25224 site: 90668)
• Tooting (BE25224 site: 90667)