Pathology Programme News
27th March 2009
National Pathology
Programme Board
The Pathology Modernisation Project will
formally conclude on 31st March 2009. The
project team would like to thank to all those in
the service who have contributed to the work of
the project. We are sure you will agree that
considerable progress has been made and the
profile of Pathology has been raised
significantly. The Minister for Health has
approved continuation of the Diagnostic
Services Programme enabling arrangements to
be put in place to allow the transformation from
the current Pathology Modernisation Project to a
National Pathology Forum / Body whose role
and responsibilities will be integral to the new
national planning arrangements for Wales.
Whilst detailed work to clarify future national
planning processes takes place, a National
Pathology Programme Board will be established
to ensure that momentum and continuity are
maintained. The National Pathology Programme
Board will be chaired by Bob Hudson, Director
of Strategic Direction and Planning in WAG, and
will take a lead role in the ongoing planning and
delivery of Pathology services in Wales. The
Board will also be responsible for establishing
appropriate structures which will continue to
support the delivery of an integrated approach to
the planning and delivery of Pathology services.
The National Pathology Programme Board will
meet for the first time on Thursday 18th May.
National Pathology Programme
Workstreams will include:
Workforce delivered in partnership with NLIAH
taking forward:
• All Wales Pathology workforce plan
• CQFW training units
• Leading and Delivering Change in Pathology
Quality delivered through Laboratory, Quality,
Blood Transfusion Managers, POCT
Coordinators taking forward:
• Key Performance Indicators
• POCT governance policy, quality manual
• Achieving accreditation
• Quality guides
IM&T delivered in partnership with IHC taking
forward:
• Procurement of the replacement LIMS
• Detailed work on integration, standardisation
• Service readiness to implement the LIMS
• Benefits realisation, change management
Workstreams to address other
recommendations contained in The Future
Delivery of Pathology Services in Wales:
• Funding / Finance
• Equipment
• Information
• Molecular Pathology
• Horizon scanning / R&D
If you would like any further information on the
National Pathology Programme Board or the
programme workstreams, please contact Margie
Fielden by telephone on 02920 207620 or by
emailing margie.fielden@pmuw.wales.nhs.uk
Pathology Programme News
20th April 2009
National Pathology
Programme Board
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In March the Minister for Health
and Social Services approved
continuation of the Diagnostic
Services Programme. This has
enabled a National Pathology
Programme Board to be
established in line with the
recommendation in The Future
Delivery of Pathology Services.
Whilst detailed work to clarify
future national planning processes
is taking place, the National
Pathology Programme Board will
ensure that momentum and
continuity are maintained and
provide a continued approach to
national planning and delivery of
pathology services.
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The first meeting of the National
Pathology Programme Board will
be held on Thursday, 14th May,
2009.
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If you would like any further
information on the National
Pathology Programme Board or
workstreams, please contact
Margie Fielden by telephone on
02920 207620 or by emailing
margie.fielden@pmuw.wales.nhs.uk
National Pathology Programme
Workstreams are likely to include:
Workforce delivered in partnership with
NLIAH taking forward and developing
work that is already underway including:
• All Wales Pathology workforce plan
• CQFW training units
• Leading and Delivering Change
Quality taking forward and further
developing work that is already
underway including:
• Key Performance Indicators
• POCT governance policy
• Achieving accreditation
• Quality guides
IM&T delivered in partnership with IHC
taking forward:
• Procurement of the LIMS
• Detailed work on standardisation
• Readiness to implement the LIMS
• Change management
• Benefits realisation
Workstreams to address other
recommendations contained in The
Future Delivery of Pathology Services:
• Funding / Finance
• Equipment
• Information
• Horizon scanning / R&D / Molecular
Pathology
Pathology Programme News
10th July 2009
National Pathology Programme Board
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The National Pathology Programme Board
has been established as an interim body
whose role is to ensure that the integrated
approach to service planning and delivery
established through the Pathology
Modernisation Project is maintained at both
national and local levels. The Board has
held two meetings to date on 14th May and
1st July 2009.
If you would like ay further information on
the National Pathology Programme Board
or workstreams, please contact Margie
Fielden by telephone on 02920 207615 or
by emailing
margie.fielden@pmuw.wales.nhs.uk
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As part of the Workforce workstream, a programme
entitled Leading and Delivering Change in
Pathology is being made available to Clinical
Directors and Directorate Managers of Pathology
Services.
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National Pathology Programme
Board Workstreams
Four workstreams have been agreed by
the Board - Service Planning and Delivery,
Workforce, IM&T and Funding / Finance
Service Planning and Delivery including:

Quality
•
Key Performance Indicators for
pathology
•
Quality guides to support achieving
accreditation
•
POCT governance policy
•
Further development of the National
Pathology Framework
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Horizon scanning
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Equipment
A Pathology community is being
established on the NLIAH
Improvement Online portal. This will
enable information, resources and
good practice to be shared and
includes facilities for forum
discussions where issues can be
raised, ideas shared and solutions
explored.
As part of this workstream, an
update of the Future Service
Delivery atlas will be undertaken
commencing in September 2009.
Workforce including:
 Development of an All Wales Workforce Plan
for Pathology
 Development of training units in line with the
Credit Qualification Framework for Wales
IM&T including:
 Development of a standardised set of
information requirements for pathology in
Wales
 Support for the procurement of the Laboratory
Information Management System (LIMS)
replacement solution
 Support for LHBs as they prepare for and
implement the new LIMS through the LIMS
Implementation Board chaired by Lindsey
Davies, Diagnostic Services Programme
Director
As part of the work to achieve readiness to implement
the new LIMS, organisations will be provided with
support including locality readiness roadshows and a
toolkit to assist them to establish local implementation
projects and develop individual benefits realisation
plans. Each LHB has a representative on the LIMS
Implementation Board.
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Funding / Finance including:
 Development of a standardised set of data
Forthcoming diary dates include:
12th August
Microbiology standardisation group
7th September Laboratory Management Forum
8th September Microbiology standardisation group
10th September LIMS Project Board meeting
11th September National Pathology Programme Board
meeting
11th September POCT Coordinators Forum
Pathology Programme News
1st October 2009
Workstreams Update
Information
Service Planning and Delivery
Consistent, robust, clearly defined information for
all Pathology services in Wales will be required in
future to inform, among others:
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Reports to LHB Boards eg Key
Performance Indicators based upon
accreditation status and compliance with
regulations, user satisfaction and resource
utilisation
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Reports required by WAG eg against
Healthcare Standards for Wales
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Configuration of the new LIMS
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Service Redesign
On 14th October a full day event open to all
Pathology staff will be held in Builth Wells to
provide an introduction to service redesign and
improvement tools and techniques. NLIAH will
host the day, providing background information
and taster sessions, and colleagues from
Pathology services will share their experiences of
practical application of the tools and techniques
and the benefits derived. Then, commencing in
January 2010, two NLIAH Yellowbelt4Healthcare
courses have been reserved for teams from
Pathology and Imaging departments to receive
training in the tools and techniques through using
them to deliver a local project.
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Service Delivery
Following publication by the Minister for Health of
The Future Delivery of Pathology Services in
Wales (FSD) in August 2008, a baseline against
the recommendations was carried out. The wealth
of information contributed by services around
Wales was compiled into the first edition of the
Future Service Delivery Atlas in February 2009.
Information as at 30th September 2009 will be
collected during the period October to December
and the updated atlas will be available to further
facilitate sharing of ideas and good practice
between Pathology and other services. The atlas
will also provide evidence for LHB Boards and
WAG of the progress of Pathology services
toward implementation of the recommendations
contained in the FSD.
With input from the discipline groups working to
deliver the information required for configuration of
the new LIMS and the Laboratory Management
Forum, an initial dictionary of terms and definitions
is being compiled. It is planned that where
appropriate, elements of the information dictionary
will be submitted to the Welsh Information
Governance Standards Board (WIGSB) as
national standards. It is also planned that
responsibility for the future development and
updating of the information dictionary will lie with
the National Pathology Programme Board
(NPPB).
Workforce
An all Wales network of those responsible for the
management and development of Pathology
Support Worker training is being formed linked to
the NPPB. The purpose of the group will be to
share resources and ideas, facilitate access to
training and enable an all Wales approach to
development of the band 4 role. The first meeting
of the group will take place on 20th October in
Builth Wells.
Quality
Guides and resources to assist laboratories to
achieve CPA accreditation and meet other
regulatory requirements such as MHRA and HTA
continue to be developed by the Quality
Management Forum and the POCT Coordinators.
These are available through NLIAH Improvement
Online, where a Pathology Community has been
established. This can be accessed at
www.nliah.com/portal
If you would like further information on the
National Pathology Programme Board, please go
to http://howis.wales.nhs.uk/pmuw
If you would like further information on the
programme work streams please go to
www.nliah.com/portal or contact Margie Fielden,
Pathology Project Manager, by telephoning
02920 207615 or emailing
margie.fielden@pmuw.wales.nhs.uk
Pathology Programme News
28th October 2009
No. 5
Workstreams Update
Quality
Service Planning and Delivery
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The first all Wales survey of users of Pathology
services is currently being undertaken. A
questionnaire has been developed in collaboration
with colleagues in A&E units. Information will be
gathered from requesters of Pathology services in
A&E units throughout Wales using an online tool which
has already been successfully piloted. Information will
then be analysed to produce indices of satisfaction. The
pilot survey already undertaken has shown the indices
to be a robust means of identifying those elements of
Pathology services that users consider to be most
important and measuring their satisfaction with the
service they currently receive. The user satisfaction
survey will also enable a great deal of information to be
gathered consistently across Wales.
FSD Atlas Version 2
Information to update the atlas and further share
good practice is currently being supplied by
Pathology services. The updated Atlas will be
available in February 2010. It will help inform local
service planning and provide a record of progress
by Health Boards toward delivery of the
recommendations contained in “The Future
Delivery of Pathology Services in Wales”
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Service Improvement
A very successful day, co-hosted by NLIAH and
the Programme team, provided 41 representatives from
Health Boards and national services with an
opportunity to experience some taster sessions
and to be introduced to the basic principles
underpinning service improvement tools and
techniques such as LEAN, Six Sigma and 5S.
Teams from Pathology services will now have the
opportunity to register for NLIAH
yellowbelt4healthcare courses commencing in
January 2010.
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User Satisfaction Survey
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements
Following requests from Pathology services, HTA
designated individuals and service managers are
to commence meeting to network and share
experience, resources and good practice relating to
compliance with HTA regulations. Forum
discussions will be able to take place through the
Pathology community and duplication of effort will
be able to be greatly reduced.
Posters, slideshows and other resources
produced by teams who have already undertaken
LEAN and Six Sigma projects are being made
available through the Pathology Community on
www.nliah.com/portal
Quality, POCT and Blood Bank managers already meet
and make use of the forum discussion facility on the
Pathology Community website in order to network and
assist one another in the spirit of “do once and share”.
Workforce
IM&T
Those with responsibility for Pathology workforce
training and development have commenced
meeting as an all Wales group. They will focus
upon training and development of non-registered
support staff in the first instance. Once a baseline
has been completed during November, a
collaborative approach will be taken to developing
and writing accredited training units accessible to
all organisations in order that support staff can
accumulate transferable education and training
credit. The group will also take an all Wales
approach to development of the band 4 role.
The LIMS procurement is well advanced with final
rounds of dialogue with the 3 shortlisted suppliers
currently taking place. Further information can be
obtained on the Informing Healthcare website
www.wales.nhs.uk/ihc
If you would like further information on the
programme work streams please go to
www.nliah.com/portal or contact Margie Fielden,
Pathology Project Manager, by telephoning
02920 207615 or emailing
margie.fielden@pmuw.wales.nhs.uk
Pathology Programme News
20th November 2009
No. 6
Workstreams Update
Quality
Service Planning and Delivery
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A dashboard of KPIs for Pathology is being developed based
upon the categories Quality, User Satisfaction and Resource
Utilisation. The current demonstration version of the
dashboard can be viewed as Attachment 2 in the 11 th
November Laboratory Managers’ Forum papers on HOWIS at
FSD Atlas Version 2
Information to update the atlas and further share
good practice is currently being supplied by
Pathology services. The updated Atlas will be
available in February 2010. It will help inform local
service planning and provide a record of progress
by Health Boards toward delivery of the
recommendations contained in “The Future
Delivery of Pathology Services in Wales”

Service Improvement
A very successful day, co-hosted by NLIAH and
the Programme team, provided 41 representatives from
Health Boards and national services with an
opportunity to experience some taster sessions
and to be introduced to the basic principles
underpinning service improvement tools and
techniques such as LEAN, Six Sigma and 5S.
Teams from Pathology services are currently being
registered for NLIAH yellowbelt4healthcare courses
commencing in January 2010.
Posters, slideshows and other resources
produced by teams who have already undertaken
LEAN and Six Sigma projects are being made
available through the Pathology Community on
www.nliah.com/portal
Workforce
Those with responsibility for Pathology workforce
training and development have commenced
meeting as an all Wales group to focus upon training
and development of non-registered support staff in the
first instance. Following gathering of baseline
information during November, a collaborative approach
will be taken to developing and writing accredited
training units accessible to all organisations in order
that support staff can accumulate transferable
education and training credit. The group will also take
an all Wales approach to development of the band 4
role.
IM&T
The LIMS procurement is well advanced with final
rounds of dialogue with the 3 shortlisted suppliers
currently taking place. Further information can be
obtained on the Informing Healthcare website
www.wales.nhs.uk/ihc
Dashboard of Key Performance Indicators
http://howis.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/page.cfm?orgid=460&pid=30245
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User Satisfaction Survey
The first all Wales survey of users of Pathology
services is currently being undertaken. A
questionnaire has been developed in collaboration
with colleagues in A&E units. Information will be
gathered from requesters of Pathology services in
A&E units throughout Wales using an online tool which
has already been successfully piloted. Information will
then be analysed to produce indices of satisfaction. The
pilot survey already undertaken has shown the indices
to be a robust means of identifying those elements of
Pathology services that users consider to be most
important and measuring their satisfaction with the
service they currently receive. The user satisfaction
survey will also enable a great deal of information to be
gathered consistently across Wales.

Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements
Following requests from Pathology services, HTA
designated individuals and service managers are
to commence meeting to network and share
experience, resources and good practice relating to
compliance with HTA regulations. Forum
discussions will be able to take place through the
Pathology community and duplication of effort will
be able to be greatly reduced.
Quality, POCT and Blood Bank managers already meet
and make use of the forum discussion facility on the
Pathology Community website in order to network and
assist one another in the spirit of “do once and share”.
National Pathology Programme Board
The next meeting of the NPPB will take place in Llantrissant
on 1st December 2009. If you would like further information on
the National Pathology Programme Board, please go
to http://howis.wales.nhs.uk/pmuw
If you would like further information on the
programme work streams please go to
www.nliah.com/portal or contact Margie Fielden,
Pathology Project Manager, by telephoning
02920 207615 or emailing
margie.fielden@pmuw.wales.nhs.uk
Pathology Programme News
18th December 2009
No. 7
Workstreams Update
Quality
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User Satisfaction Survey
Service Planning and Delivery
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FSD Atlas Version 2
Information to update the atlas and further share good
practice has been supplied by Pathology services. The
updated Atlas will be available in February 2010. It will help
inform local service planning and provide a record of progress
by Health Boards toward delivery of the recommendations
contained in “The Future Delivery of Pathology Services in
Wales”

Service Improvement
Teams from Pathology services commence NLIAH
yellowbelt4healthcare courses in January 2010.
Posters, slideshows and other resources produced by teams
who have already undertaken LEAN and Six Sigma projects
are being made available through the Pathology Community
on www.nliah.com/portal
Workforce
Following an initial meeting of those with responsibility for
training and development of non-registered Pathology support
staff, during 2010 a collaborative approach will be taken to
developing and writing accredited training units accessible to
all organisations in order that support staff can accumulate
transferable education and training credit.
The first all Wales survey of users of Pathology services is
currently being undertaken. A questionnaire has been
developed in collaboration with colleagues in A&E units.
Information will be gathered from requesters of Pathology
services in A&E units throughout Wales using an online tool
which has already been successfully piloted. Information will
then be analysed to produce indices of satisfaction. The pilot
has shown the indices to be a robust means of identifying
those elements of Pathology services that users consider to
be most important and measuring their satisfaction with the
service they currently receive. The user satisfaction survey will
also enable a great deal of information to be gathered
consistently across Wales.

Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements
Laboratory, Quality, POCT and Blood Bank managers
continue to meet and make use of the forum discussion facility
on the Pathology Community website in order to network,
sharing experience, resources, and good practice relating to
compliance with CPA, MHRA and HTA requirements. In this
way, duplication of effort is able to be reduced and colleagues
from across Wales are able to assist one another in the spirit
of “do once and share”.
National Pathology Programme Board
The next meeting of the NPPB will take place on 4 th February
2010. If you would like further information on the National
Pathology Programme Board, please go to
http://howis.wales.nhs.uk/pmuw
IM&T
The LIMS procurement is well advanced with “best and final
offers” from the 3 shortlisted suppliers currently being
submitted and assessed. Further information can be obtained
on the Informing Healthcare website www.wales.nhs.uk/ihc
If you would like further information on the
programme work streams please go to
www.nliah.com/portal or contact Margie Fielden, Pathology
Programme Manager, by telephone on 02920 207615 or by
emailing margie.fielden@wales.nhs.uk
Pathology Programme News
5th February 2010
No. 8
Workstreams Update
Service Planning and Delivery
Quality
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FSD Atlas Version 2
Information to update the atlas has been supplied
by all Pathology services. The updated Atlas is
now available to help inform local service planning
and provide a record of progress by Health Boards
and national services toward delivery of the
recommendations contained in “The Future
Delivery of Pathology Services in Wales”
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Service Improvement
20 delegates from Pathology services commenced
the NLIAH yellowbelt4healthcare course in January.
Such is the interest that further courses are going to
be reserved for Diagnostics during 2010.
Posters, slideshows and other resources produced
by teams who have already undertaken LEAN and
Six Sigma projects are available through the
Pathology Community on www.nliah.com/portal
Workforce
Preparatory work is currently underway with a view
to collaboratively developing and writing accredited
units for training and development of non-registered
Pathology support staff, during 2010. These units
will be accessible to all organisations in order that
support staff can accumulate transferable education
and training credit.
As part of the Leading and Delivering Change in
Pathology programme, a member of the
Modernising Scientific Careers programme will
attend a seminar on 23rd February with Pathology
Clinical Directors and Directorate Managers.
IM&T
The LIMS procurement is well advanced and the
Final Business Case is in the process of being
completed. Pathology disciplines are engaged in
intensive work to develop the standardisation detail
required to inform configuration of the new LIMS.
User Satisfaction Survey
The first all Wales survey of users of Pathology
services is currently being undertaken with
colleagues in A&E units. Information is being
gathered using an online tool, following which
responses will be analysed to produce indices of
satisfaction at site, Health Board and all Wales
levels. A previous manual survey has shown the
indices to be a robust means of using measures of
user satisfaction as an indication of service quality
and results will be used to form part of the reporting
of KPIs for Pathology in 2010.

Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements
Laboratory, Quality, POCT, Blood Bank managers
and HTA Designated Individuals continue to
network, sharing experience, resources, and good
practice relating to compliance with CPA, MHRA
and HTA requirements. In this way, duplication of
effort is able to be reduced and colleagues from
across Wales are able to assist one another in the
spirit of “do once and share”.
National Pathology Programme Board Work
Plan for 2010 / 2011
At the meeting of the NPPB on 4th February 2010,
priorities for the coming year were discussed. The
proposed work plan for 2010 / 11 will be finalised
before the Board next meets on 15th April. Priorities
include the development of an all Wales approach
to workforce redesign to underpin service planning
and delivery.
If you would like further information on the National
Pathology Programme workstreams please go to
http://howis.wales.nhs.uk/pmuw or
www.nliah.com/portal or contact Margie Fielden,
Pathology Programme Manager, by telephone on
02920 207615 or by emailing
margie.fielden@wales.nhs.uk
Pathology Programme News
8th March 2010
No. 9
National Pathology Programme Board
Accreditation Requirements
The National Pathology Programme Board (NPPB)
has met 5 times since it was formed in April 2009. A
work programme for 2010 / 2011 has been
developed reflecting the following priorities:

Quality, including the design of services to
meet appropriate accreditation and regulatory
requirements such as CPA, Blood Bank
MHRA and HTA

Workforce, including an All Wales approach
to the design of an appropriate workforce to
underpin future service planning and delivery

Information standards that will support
reporting Pathology KPIs and benchmarking

Development of appropriate standardisation
to reduce variation and support configuration
and implementation of the new LIMS
In a spirit of “do once and share”, Laboratory,
Quality, POCT, Blood Bank Managers and HTA
Designated Individuals continue to collaboratively
develop resources and share good practice relating
to CPA accreditation and compliance with MHRA
and HTA regulatory requirements. Resources
developed recently include an All Wales Blood
Transfusion Request form and All Wales Post
Mortem Consent forms. On 25th March a combined
meeting of the Quality Managers’ and HTA DIs will
be attended by a representative from the HTA.
Workforce
20 delegates from Pathology services will complete
the NLIAH yellowbelt4healthcare course in April.
Further courses are going to be reserved for
Diagnostics during 2010. Opportunities to share the
outcomes of projects undertaken will include posters,
slideshows and other resources being made
available through the Pathology Community on
As part of the Leading and Delivering Change in
Pathology programme, a member of the
Modernising Scientific Careers programme team
recently attended a seminar with Pathology Clinical
Directors and Directorate Managers. The policy
document Modernising Scientific Careers: The UK
Way Forward has been published and is available
on this link:
http://www.nliah.com/Portal/microsites/CmsPageDisplay
.aspx?CMSPageID=470
Preparatory work is currently underway with a view
to collaboratively developing competence-based
units for in-house training of non-registered
Pathology support staff. Units will be accessible to
all Health Boards and organisations in order to
reduce duplication of effort and enable support staff
to accumulate transferable training credit.
User Satisfaction Survey
Colleagues in A&E departments throughout Wales
have completed an on-line survey of user
satisfaction. Information is currently being analysed
and reports will include indices of satisfaction at
site, Health Board and All Wales levels. This
method providing a measure of user satisfaction as
an indication of service quality will be used to form
part of the reporting of KPIs for Pathology in 2010.
Service Improvement Tools and
Techniques
www.nliah.com/portal
IM&T
The LIMS Full Business Case has been prepared for
submission to WAG for final approval. Pathology
disciplines are engaged in intensive work to
develop the standardisation detail required to inform
configuration of the new LIMS. Portfolios of
standardisation are being quality assured by the
discipline SSAGs and issued through the NPPB.
This will enable services to begin to take advantage
of the opportunities these All Wales standards
provide for future service planning and delivery
across Health Boards and national services.
If you would like further information on the National
Pathology Programme, please go to
http://howis.wales.nhs.uk/pmuw or www.nliah.com/portal or
contact Margie Fielden, Pathology Programme
Manager, by telephone on 02920 207615 or email
margie.fielden@wales.nhs.uk
Pathology Programme News
6th April 2010
No. 10
National Pathology Programme Board
User Satisfaction Survey
The National Pathology Programme Board
(NPPB), which includes Clinical Directors of
Pathology and Directorate Managers from all
Health Boards and national services, will meet next
on 15th April 2010.
The Board’s work programme for 2010 / 2011
reflects the following priorities:

Quality, including the design of services to
meet appropriate accreditation and regulatory
requirements such as CPA, Blood Bank
MHRA and HTA

Workforce, including an All Wales approach
to the design of an appropriate workforce to
underpin future service planning and delivery

Information standards that will support
reporting Pathology KPIs and benchmarking

Development of appropriate standardisation
to reduce variation and support configuration
and implementation of the new LIMS
Colleagues in A&E departments throughout Wales
have completed an on-line survey of user
satisfaction. A draft interim report at All Wales level
is currently available – Health Board and site level
reports will be available shortly. The purpose of this
first exercise in carrying out an online survey on a
variety of sites in a variety of Health Boards was to
try out the idea and assess whether the concepts of
All Wales surveys and user satisfaction indices have
potential for the future. From the interim report, that
certainly appears to be the case. Even though this
initial sample of users is a small one, it is clear from
the report that such surveys can be a tremendously
useful vehicle to stimulate valuable engagement
with users and support future service planning. The
survey also provides a really good insight into what
requesters consider to be the important aspects of
Pathology services and those areas where there is
clearly potential for educating users. There is no
doubt that this first All Wales user survey is a very
important step toward measuring user satisfaction in
a manner that enables it to truly be a robust indicator
of quality of which the service can feel genuine
ownership.
Accreditation Requirements
Laboratory, Quality, POCT, Blood Bank Managers
and HTA Designated Individuals continue to
collaboratively develop resources and share good
practice relating to CPA accreditation and
compliance with MHRA and HTA regulatory
requirements.
Resources currently under development by the
HTA group include All Wales consent forms and
accompanying guides for Post Mortem
examinations.
Resources currently under development by the
Pathology Quality Management Forum include
Identification and Control of Non-Conformities
guidance and guidance for the Content of a Service
Level Agreement between a Pathology Department
and a User / Customer.
Printing of the All Wales Blood Transfusion Request
form is currently out to tender.
Completed resources are posted on the Pathology
Community website on www.nliah.com/portal.
Please contact Margie Fielden, Pathology
Programme Manager, on 20920 207615 or by
IM&T
The LIMS Full Business Case has been submitted to
WAG for final approval. A number of workshops are
currently being held as part of the work by Pathology
disciplines to develop the standardisation detail
required to inform configuration of the new LIMS.
Please contact Margie Fielden if you have any
queries about who to contact if you are not already
engaged in your discipline’s activity.
Portfolios of standardisation are being quality
assured by the discipline SSAGs and issued through
the NPPB. This will enable services to begin to take
advantage of the opportunities these All Wales
standards provide for future service planning and
delivery across Health Boards and national services.
For further information on the National Pathology