About Us

About Us


Welcome to Liverpool Clinical Laboratories…

Liverpool Clinical Laboratories is the largest pathology service provider in Cheshire and Merseyside, formed in 2013 from the amalgamation of the pathology clinical services and laboratories of the Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
As of 1st October 2019, Aintree and The Royal have merged to become Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
LCL primarily work on the diagnosis of disease and evaluate the effectiveness of treatments and undertake research into the causes and cures of disease, processing over 5 million sample tests each year.
LCL provide specialist clinical laboratory services, regionally and nationally, meeting the needs of acute, primary and specialist healthcare providers. Our high quality clinical laboratories cover the three main disciplines of:
LCL has over 600 highly trained consultants, scientists and laboratory assistants, to provide the analysis of samples and the clinical interpretation of results.
LCL work closely with staff, partners and suppliers and our aim is to be a centre for excellence in clinical diagnostic and investigations services.