Proposals to create a new super NHS laboratory in the North West by closing local sites, which could have led to delays in analysing patient samples, have been halted after a three-year campaign…Read more…
‘Biggest shake-up of pathology services in decades’
There needs to be a proper public consultation for a new mega centre to analyse blood samples from Lancashire and South Cumbria, as the proposal will mean longer waiting times for patients to get…Read more…
Millions waiting for tests as NHS backlog builds
The coronavirus pandemic has created a massive backlog in NHS care, including in life-saving screenings and diagnostic tests. An analysis from the Labour Party out today (June 24) has found that the…Read more…
‘Murky’ procurement
Unite slammed the ‘murky’ procurement process for a £2.25bn South East London pathology contract today (Monday 27 January), after Synlab was named as the preferred bidder over incumbent firm Viapath….Read more…
Patient safety threat
A New Year campaign has been launched by Unite to stop the pathology services in Kent being outsourced to a ‘profit hungry’ private company. Unite, which has 100,000 members in the health…Read more…