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There are several areas of pathology practice, related either to the methods used to test tissue samples or to the type of diseases being investigated.

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NSW Government announces $492 million to establish first statewide pathology hub at Westmead

13th June, 2025

Almost half a billion dollars will be invested in NSW Health Pathology’s new statewide hub at Westmead Hospital, delivering new and enhanced patholo...

Vale Professor Creswell John Eastman AO

21st May, 2025

Professor Cres Eastman AO, a pioneering Australian endocrinologist and globally recognised public health advocate, has died at the age of 85, leaving ...

Forensic DNA experts put hundreds of ‘cold-case’ sexual assaults back under the spotlight

9th May, 2025

A special team has been working at NSW Health Pathology’s Forensic Biology/DNA lab to test hundreds of historic Sexual Assault Investigation Kits (S...

We’re here for the Lithgow region, 365 days a year!

3rd May, 2025

Take a look behind the scenes at our pathology laboratory at Lithgow Hospital and meet some of the team caring for the local community. Matthew O’N...

Are you anxious about needles and getting a pathology test?

14th April, 2025

Firstly, know you're not alone. We know it isn’t the most fun job on your to-do list. Estimates show that as many as 2 in 3 children and 1 in 4 adul...

Looking out for each other: our cyclone response

26th March, 2025

When Tropical Cyclone Alfred made landfall on Saturday 8 March 2025 as a category 1 cyclone, our people were prepared, ensuring vital blood supplies a...

Congratulations to our newest pathology graduates!

6th March, 2025

More than a dozen of NSW Health Pathology’s trainee pathologists have graduated at the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) conferenc...

Meet trainee clinical scientist, Fakhria Kakar

5th March, 2025

Fakhria Kakar, or Hila as she’s better known, is a hospital scientist and trainee clinical scientist at NSW Health Pathology’s Immunopathology Lab...

Australia Day honours for Forensic Biology and DNA guru

26th January, 2025

NSW Health Pathology’s former Operations Director Criminalistics, Sharon Neville, has been recognised for her outstanding public service in this yea...