Reference Services
The Reference Services Division is comprised of multiple laboratories involved in specialised or complex analysis, expert consultation, and confirmation of difficult diagnoses.
The services cover a variety of specialisms, including paediatric and adult metabolic investigations, donor/recipient organ transplantation compatibility, toxicology/trace elements analysis, nutritional assessment, R&D, therapeutic drug monitoring and immunology.
These services are a crucial resource for clinicians, providing targeted analysis using a variety of advanced techniques.
Many of our laboratories support other hospitals and community health units across the country.
Blackfriars Hub
- Reference Chemistry Laboratory at Blackfriars Hub
- Inherited Metabolic Disease Laboratory at Blackfriars Hub
- Precision Medicine Laboratory at Blackfriars Hub
- Regional Newborn Screening Laboratory at Blackfriars Hub
- Immunochemistry Laboratory at Blackfriars Hub
- Metabolic Laboratory at Blackfriars Hub
- Gastrointestinal Laboratory at Blackfriars Hub
- Steroid Laboratory at Blackfriars Hub
- Nutristasis Unit at Blackfriars Hub
- Porphyrin Laboratory at Blackfriars Hub
Inherited Metabolic Diseases Unit at Blackfriars Hub
Friars Bridge Court
Blackfriars Road
London
SE1 8NZ
IMD Duty Biochemist: 07592 502653
Precision Medicine Laboratory at Blackfriars Hub
41-43 Friars Bridge Court
Blackfriars Road
London
SE1 8NZ
Regional Newborn Screening Laboratory at Blackfriars Hub
1st Floor
Synnovis Hub
41-43 Blackfriars Road
London
SE1 8NZ
Reference Chemistry Laboratory at Blackfriars Hub
41-43 Friars Bridge Court
Blackfriars Road
London
SE1 8NZ
Steroid Laboratory at Blackfriars Hub
Reference Chemistry, Floor One
Friars Bridge Court/ 41-43 Blackfriars Road/
London, SE1 8NZ
Immunochemistry Laboratory at Blackfriars Hub
Reference Chemistry, Floor One
Friars Bridge Court/ 41-43 Blackfriars Road/
London, SE1 8NZ
Metabolic Laboratory at Blackfriars Hub
Reference Chemistry, Floor One
Friars Bridge Court/ 41-43 Blackfriars Road/
London, SE1 8NZ
Immunosuppressive Drug Monitoring (IDM) Service
3rd Floor Cheyne Wing
King's College Hospital
Denmark Hill
London
SE5 9RS
Porphyrin Laboratory at Blackfriars Hub
Reference Chemistry, Floor One
Friars Bridge Court/ 41-43 Blackfriars Road/
London, SE1 8NZ
Drugs of Abuse Laboratory at Blackfriars Hub
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring at Blackfriars Hub
Last updated: 17/03/2026
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