Arden Tissue Bank has been granted ethical approval by the HRA- Research Ethics Service.
This enables potential research projects to gain ethical approval for their studies via the Arden Tissue Bank.
Please note: Under our HRA ethics approval we are NOT able to provide ethical approval, or samples to:
Specifically for those projects that wish to use tissues once diagnosis has been established i.e. “tissues” surplus to diagnosis.
This may be “tissues” that the clinical teams deem not for diagnosis e.g. surgeons, physicians, OR that which is surplus to diagnostic need within the UHCW pathology department across all Pathology departments e.g. microbiology, molecular pathology, virology, cellular pathology and cytology, haematology, biochemistry.
Examples of this include:
It is not necessary for projects and researchers to make project-based applications for ethical approval to separate ethics committee’s to use tissue or data supplied by Arden Tissue Bank.
They will be deemed to have ethical approval once the application has been approved by the Arden Tissue Bank management committee.
The link to the application form for tissues and/or ethical approval can be found here.
A diagram of the applications process can also be found here.
Arden Tissue Bank have approved and supported in excess of 70 projects since receiving ethical approval in 2012.
Examples of some of the projects that we have supported can be found here. (coming soon)
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON BLOOD TESTING DUE TO COVID-19
Please check the locations on the map below.
Click on the map for information about phlebotomy clinics in Coventry. You can book an appointment online at the locations in red.
Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test. Click on the ‘Book Online’ button above. Booking an appointment helps patients, their carers and family members to plan their hospital visit better, helping to reduce clinic waiting times and enabling patients to be seen much more quickly.
Location: Outpatients Department, on the ground floor. Opening hours: 8am-4.45pm, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).
Children under 16 years old will need to book online here.
Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test, click on the ‘Book Online’ button above. Patients from Rugby and the surrounding areas are able to access the Friends Blood Taking Unit at the Hospital of St Cross.
Referrals for blood tests can be from GP's, practice nurses or from hospital consultants. Patients are also able to leave other samples, such as urine, which have been collected at home, at the hospital's Pathology Reception.
Location: Near Brookfield House, just off North Road - map here. Opening hours: The blood taking clinic sessions for adults and children are listed below:
Monday -Friday 7am-4:45pm Appointment only
Wednesday Evening 5pm-7pm Suspended due to COVID
Saturday Morning 7am-10pm Suspended due to COVID
Address: Stoney Stanton Road, Coventry CV1 4FS Location: Access is via the main doors, the Phlebotomy team are in Area A. Opening hours: Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays). 8am–4.45pm - Based on demand we are only able to see a set amount of patients per day so, once we have filled all allocated slots we can no longer accept walk-ins. This may mean you will need to revisit the site to have your blood test on another occasion or book online for another site.
Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT)
Specialist Tests - There are a small number of specialist tests where blood needs to be taken on a hospital site as the sample must be transferred to the laboratory rapidly for the test to be undertaken. Click here for a list of these specialist tests and to find out more.