The benefits of outsourcing pathology services
Outsourcing pathology services offers the NHS and independent hospitals in the UK the opportunity to:
- improve service quality through investment in better equipment;
- improve IT systems and reporting;
- ensure Clinical Pathology Registration;
- reduce and manage costs through better resource management, central purchasing of reagents and consumables and innovative testing regimes;
- improve efficiency and cost through the formation of regional hubs across hospital organisations (most NHS Trusts currently operate their own); and
- opportunities for NHS partners in outsourced ventures to develop non NHS revenue streams.