Haematology

The haematology department provides a full diagnostic laboratory and clinical service at the Countess of Chester Hospital to patients with a range of clinical conditions including:

blood cancer- acute leukaemia, chronic leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and other associated haematology malignancies
thrombosis and blood clotting disorders
general and immune haematology
management and monitoring of anticoagulation
those requiring blood transfusion.

The department is responsible for inpatients, outpatients, and day-case patients. Inpatient care is situated on a 16-bed ward which includes ten side rooms, exclusively used in the care of haematology patients receiving intensive chemotherapy for conditions such as acute leukaemia, relapsed lymphomas, and management of post-chemotherapy complications.

Our standalone outpatient department is a dedicated space for the haematology team to review both new and follow-up patients. The medical day unit, (attached to the outpatient department) is reserved for patients receiving chemotherapy or undergoing day case procedures such as bone marrow biopsies or venesection.

The department is led by four haematology consultants:

Clinical lead- Dr Sean McGoldrick
Dr Salaheddin Tueger
Dr Arvind Pillai
Dr Matthew Alley

In addition to our consultant team, we have haematology clinical nurse specialists, junior doctors, pharmacists, cancer support workers and nurses specialised in delivering chemotherapy, all providing an excellent high standard of clinical care.

We work closely with the trials team to provide cutting edge national trials to our patients.