Licensing and accreditation

Accreditation

The Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (H&I) function is a UKAS accredited Medical Laboratory No.9239. This covers our H&I and Molecular Diagnostics laboratories. Our H&I laboratories are also accredited by European Federation for Immunogenetics (EFI) for the clinical services they provide:

• Scope for UKAS accreditation (PDF 461KB)
• Certificate of accreditation (PDF 1262KB)
• Accreditation maintenance letter (PDF 98KB)
  
  

EFI certificates

• Barnsley 03-GB-006.994 (PDF 93KB)
• Birmingham EFI certificate (PDF 93KB)
• Colindale 03-GB-002.998 (PDF 458KB)
• Filton 03-GB-015.985 (PDF 190KB)
• Newcastle 03-GB-004.996 (PDF 181KB)
• Tooting 03-GB-003.997 (PDF 100KB)

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.

• View our Quality Commitment Statement (PDF 50KB)

Licensing

We are licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (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)