Our Services A - Z - Pathology Services
About the service
Our Pathology Service provides Pathology for Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals (NHS) Trust as well as the surrounding community.
Each year the laboratory performs over 6.5 million tests which are dealt with by medical, scientific, clerical and support staff in a range of departments:
- Haematology and Transfusion
- Biochemistry and Immunology
- Microbiology
- Cellular Pathology
- Phlebotomy (Blood Taking)
- Bereavement
- About the Team
Our Team
Clinical Director
Dr Mohammad Al-Jubouri (Consultant Chemical Pathology and Head of Department Clinical Biochemistry)
Pathology Service Manager
Kevin McLachlan
Biochemistry & Immunology Service Manager
Lesley Mather
Biochemistry & Immunology Operational Manager
Janet Turnbull
Haematology & Transfusion Service Manager
Judith Raine
Haematology Operational Manager
Sophie Greene
Blood Transfusion Operational Manager
Julie Harrison
Microbiology Service Manager
Diane MartinBaez
Microbiology Operational Leads
Neil Rathbone and Paul McMullen
Cellular Pathology (Including Mortuary Services) Service Manager
Janine Pennington
Cellular Pathology (Including Mortuary Services) Operational Manager
Jane Winstanley
Point of Care Testing (POCT) & Phlebotomy Operational Manager
Sharon Roberts
Business Development Manager
Stacy Burrows
Pathology Quality Manager
Rita Mistry
Pathology Administration Manager
Lindsay BakerDora
Pathology IT Coordinators
Alan Powell
Alasdair McGregor
Clinical Team:
Consultant Chemical Pathologist and Head of Department/ Pathology Clinical Director
Dr Mohammad Al-Jubouri
Principle Clinical Biochemists
Jen Atherton
Consultant Clinical Biochemist
Dr Lewis Green
Consultant Immunologist
Dr Anthony Rowbottam
Consultant Histopathologists:
Dr David Barker ( Head of Department and HTA Designated Individual)
Dr Richard George Brice
Dr Katherine Brougham
Dr Charlotte Cox
Dr Hannah Davies
Dr Leigh Forsyth
Dr Noori Hasan
Dr Christopher Ligory
Dr Su Enn Low
Dr Ella Stancombe
Dr Maria Pinto
Dr Carol Ross
Dr Naveen Sharma
Dr Martin Shaw
Dr James Stevenson
Dr Flavia Guzman (Speciality Doctor in Histopathology)
Dr Maria Brereton
Dr Joanna Pamballi
Dr Connor Gilder
Dr Anisah Soobraty
Microbiology Principle Clinical Scientists
Kerryanne Brown
Chloe Hylton
Consultant Microbiologists
Dr Madhur Vardhan – Head of Department
Dr Kalani Mortimer
Dr Michael Fisher
Dr Andrew Delaney
Consultant Haematologists
Dr David Taylor (Clinical Lead, Blood Transfusion & Clinical Head of Department)
Dr Toby Nicholson (Laboratory Clinical Lead)
Dr Sally Evans – Anticoagulation Lead
Dr Kate Moss
Dr Louise Garth
Dr David O'Brien
- Contact Details
Blood Sciences (Haematology and Biochemistry) - 0151 430 1826
Transfusion - 0151 430 1584
Microbiology - 0151 430 1837
Cellular Pathology - 0151 430 1824
Bereavement - 0151 430 1336 or 0151 430 1412
Point of Care Testing - 01704 704170
Page last updated on 03rd June 2025