Contact your local transfusion lab
Published on 13 September 2023
Blood Transfusion services are provided by 5 Patient Services laboratories across Scotland, geographically located in;
- Aberdeen
- Dundee
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
- Inverness
Laboratory contact details
Aberdeen
Patient Services Laboratory
North East Scotland Regional Transfusion Centre
Foresterhill Road
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZW
- Telephone: 01224 552 322 or 01224 552 512
- Fax: 01224 662 200
Dundee
Patient Services Laboratory
SNBTS-Dundee
Ninewells Hospital
Dundee
DD1 9SY
- Telephone: 01382 645 166 or 01382 632 953 or 01382 632 933
- Fax: 01382 642 551
Edinburgh
Patient Services Laboratory
Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
51 Little France Crescent
EH16 4SA
- Telephone: 0131 242 7501 or 0131 242 7502 or 0131 242 7520
- Fax: 0131 242 7514
Glasgow
Patient Services Glasgow
West of Scotland Blood Transfusion Service
Gartnavel General Hospital
25 Shelley Road
Glasgow
G12 0XB
- Telephone: 0141 433 5800 or 0141 433 5806 or 0141 433 5807
- Fax: 0141 339 3391
Inverness
Patient Services Laboratory
North of Scotland Regional Transfusion Centre
Raigmore Hospital
Old Perth Road
Inverness
IV2 3UJ
- Telephone: 01463 704 216
- Fax: 01463 237 020
Key Contacts
Consultant Haematologists
Aberdeen
Professor Mark Vickers
- Email: m.a.vickers@abdn.ac.uk
Dr Margarita Gonzalez
- Telephone: 01224 812 409
- Email: margarita.gonzalez@nhs.scot
Dundee
Dr Katherine Hands
- Telephone: 01382 633 179
- Email: katie.hands@nhs.scot
Glasgow
Dr Jennifer Laird
- Telephone: 0141 433 5861
- Email: jennifer.laird@nhs.scot
Dr Julie Gilles
- Telephone: 0141 433 5857
- Email: julie.gillies5@nhs.scot
Dr Kenny Douglas
- Telephone: 0141 301 7013
- Email: kenny.douglas@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Dr Sanjay Mutnal
- Telephone: 0141 301 7021 / 0141 433 5858
- Email: Sanjay.Mutnal@nhs.scot
Inverness
Professor Mark Vickers
- Email: m.a.vickers@abdn.ac.uk
Edinburgh
Dr Lynn Manson
- Telephone: 0131 242 7527
- Email: lynn.manson@nhs.scot
Dr Jenny Easterbrook
- Telephone: 0131 242 1283
- Email: jenny.easterbrook@nhs.scot
Head of Blood Banking
Anne Thomson
- Telephone: 0141 433 5879
- Email: anne.thomson@nhs.scot
Regional Heads of Service
Aberdeen and Edinburgh
Marion Mathie
- Telephone: 0141 433 5856
- Email: marion.mathie@nhs.scot
Dundee
Joanna Melson
- Telephone: 0141 433 5836
- Email: joanna.melson3@nhs.scot
Glasgow and Inverness
Suzanne Rae
- Telephone: 0141 433 5869
- Email: suzanne.rae@nhs.scot
Laboratory Managers
Aberdeen
Lorraine Jappy
- Telephone: 01224 812 476
- Email: lorraine.jappy@nhs.scot
Dundee
Allan Low
- Telephone: 01382 645 166
- Email: allan.low@nhs.scot
Edinburgh
Ross Medine
- Telephone: 0131 242 7509
- Email: ross.medine@nhs.scot
Glasgow
Kirsty McIntyre
- Telephone: 0141 433 5806
- Email: kirsty.mcintyre@nhs.scot
Inverness
Yvonne Webb
- Telephone: 01463 704 216
- Email: yvonne.webb2@nhs.scot
Out of hours
All Patient Services Laboratories operate a 24/7 service and are contactable outwith routine working hours.
A national medical out of hours’ roster also supports the 24/7 provision of essential services across the five Patient Services sites. Please liaise with your local transfusion laboratory who will direct your call accordingly.