Working at Synnovis

As well as delivering pathology services and in line with the NHS’s own clinical vision and strategy, SYNLAB will be responsible for transforming existing hospital-based laboratory and diagnostic services into an integrated ‘hub and spoke’ pathology network in south east London by 2024.

A state-of-the-art ‘hub’ laboratory is being developed at Friars Bridge Court, in Blackfriars Road, London, providing access to improved services and equipment for routine and some specialist testing. On-site hospital laboratories will be turned into essential services laboratories (the spokes), focusing on the rapid turnaround of urgent tests, such as those needed for A&E departments. The hub will become one of the largest, purpose-built pathology laboratories in the UK.

The NHS will also benefit from SYNLAB’s global laboratory and diagnostic network, which will provide access to a wide range of clinical, scientific and operational expertise, as well as innovative research and development on an international scale. This has proven to be extremely valuable in SYNLAB’s existing partnerships with the NHS, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic where UK access to supplies was critical, and where knowledge of how SYNLAB’s diagnostic testing services had responded elsewhere in Europe helped to inform and strengthen our own response here in the UK.

Synnovis is a partnership between SYNLAB UK & Ireland, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, performing more than 32 million pathology tests a year across a network of routine and specialist laboratories.

Serving a population of 1.7 million in south east London, we bring together the very best in clinical, scientific and operational expertise to provide a pathology service which aims to create better outcomes for patients and make a positive difference to people’s health and wellbeing.

As an organisation with scientific excellence at our heart, we discover and share vital knowledge to improve health outcomes, nurturing a team committed to sustainability and striving for excellence in pathology.
We work collaboratively with the NHS, SYNLAB, clinical users and other stakeholders – every sample we process represents an individual patient in our joint care, and we understand the important role we play in continually developing services to meet that important responsibility.

Innovation and quality to deliver pioneering pathology services makes us who we are. We have an open and innovative mindset, which drives the quality of our services and the care provided by our clinical service users.