THE LATEST stage of Bronglais Hospital’s front-of-house scheme has seen the pathology department move into new state-of-the-art labs.

As part of the development, Bronglais has become the first hospital in Wales to have a purpose-built single blood sciences lab, something which is common elsewhere.

Dr Sue Fish, the clinical director of the Mid Wales Healthcare Collaborative, welcomed the new labs and said it would ensure blood samples and microbiology specimens could be analysed at the hospital.

The changes have led to the biochemistry and haematology labs merging to provide a the new blood sciences facility, and with Public Health Wales’s microbiology lab adjacent to the new facility, it will mean all labs will be served by a single reception for specimens.

Health chiefs expect services to be developed further with new equipment due to be provided.