Information pages are provided on the following areas:

1. History of Community Laboratory Services Metropolitan Auckland
2. Community Laboratory Services What Are They?
3. Laboratory Use and Costs
4. Collection
5. Privately Referred Laboratory Testing
6. Structures for Community Laboratory Services
7. Workforce
8. Funding Non Government Organisations
9. Point of Care Testing
10. Referral Quality Management
11. Other Readings

These are provided to give some background information to help inform you on how the community laboratory service works. Also some of the information provided looks at some of the ways District Health Boards can consider to improve the service.