29 August 2025

Unite the Union has announced that members at Health Services Laboratories (HSL) and its sister company The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) will take industrial action from 3 September to 5 September.

HSL and TDL provide pathology services to University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and other trusts and NHS services in north London, Essex and Hertfordshire. 

Pathology services include blood tests and tests on other tissue and fluid samples. 

Detailed plans are being made with HSL and TDL to ensure that everyone can continue to receive the treatment they require during this period. 

If you have an operation or an appointment with us, please attend as normal unless you are contacted by someone at UCLH.  

Urgent and emergency care will continue to be provided as normal at all our hospitals.

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