Publish date: 24 June 2023
Our doctors and scientists working in pathology are experts in illness and disease.
Their job is to study samples from a person’s body to understand what’s making them unwell. For example:
- If your blood doesn’t clot properly – it’s a haematologist who will conduct the blood tests, confirm if you have haemophilia, and offer treatment
- When there’s an outbreak of infection in a hospital – for example MRSA, it’s a medical microbiologist or infection doctor who will advise the infection control teams and work hard to contain it
- For those having trouble getting pregnant – it’s a reproductive scientist who will investigate, diagnose and, where possible, treat any infertility issues
At the end of National Pathology Week, we’re looking back in pictures at how the science of saving lives has developed at Blackpool over the years.
Most recently of all, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals opened a new histology laboratory in summer 2022.
