Pathology Partnership
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| Industry | Healthcare |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1 May 2014 |
| Headquarters | Pampisford, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom |
Area served | East of England |
| Services | Pathology laboratories |
| Owners | |
| Website | the Pathology Partnership |
The Pathology Partnership is a joint venture between six NHS trusts in the East of England.
The organisation was established in May 2014.
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust are the two hubs for pathology in the region. East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust and West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust retain host satellite laboratories which will carry out only urgent work.[1] The trusts are both owners and customers under the joint venture arrangement.
In April 2015 it emerged that it was forecasting a £4.5m deficit for 2014-15 on budgeted income of £67.8m. The partnership’s commercial director, Andrew Knott said "During our first year we have been concentrating on establishing our western hub at Cambridge and have already moved GP activity previously carried out at Hinchingbrooke Hospital and East and North Herts Trust to this hub laboratory.” Work has now begun on the eastern hub at Ipswich Hospital Trust and “rolling out a single laboratory information system and standardising equipment and processes.[2]
Cambridge University Hospitals, which employs the partnership’s 800 staff, withdrew in July 2016 after it incurred a £15 million deficit in 2015-16.[3]
References
- ↑ "Major pathology reorganisation to go ahead after OFT all clear". Health Service Journal. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ↑ "NHS owned pathology joint venture expects £4.5m loss". Health Service Journal. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ↑ "Host trust quits financially 'fragile' NHS pathology venture". Health Service Journal. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.