Patient benefits

As in many other high-volume industries, pathology instruments capable of consistently performing analyses at high speeds have been developed over time. Consolidating these instruments into complex automation systems has resulted in a step-change in productivity in chemistry and bacteriology laboratories. More recently, the innovation of digital vision systems that avoid the need for the physical…

NHS leaders have for several years highlighted significant variation in the provision of NHS diagnostic services. Lord Carter’s reviews into NHS pathology and acute productivity noted considerable variation in the cost and productivity of NHS pathology and diagnostic radiology services. From some perspectives this is perhaps unsurprising as both scientific disciplines have evolved dramatically over…