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National Pathology Programme Board At recent meetings of the Executive Directors Team and Chief Executives of NHS Wales organisations, chaired by Paul Williams, it was confirmed that the National Pathology Programme Board (NPPB) will in future approve standards and protocols relating
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National Pathology Programme Board At recent meetings of the Executive Directors Team and Chief Executives of NHS Wales organisations, chaired by Paul Williams, it was confirmed that the National Pathology Programme Board (NPPB) will in future approve standards and protocols relating to Pathology services and report progress with key workstreams directly to the EDT. The NPPB comprises Clinical Directors of Pathology and Directorate Managers from all Health Boards and national services. Key workstreams are: Service planning and delivery Workforce IM&T and Information Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) The contract for the new All Wales LIMS has been signed with Intersystems, the successful supplier. Procurement has been carried out n partnership with Informing Healthcare and with extensive input from Pathology service colleagues from all disciplines throughout Wales. An intensive period of build, configuration and testing of the national solution is now underway with the first Health Board planned to go live in summer 2011. The All Wales LIMS provides Pathology services in Wales with an opportunity to harmonise practice, improve clinical governance and increase capacity and flexibility to meet future demand and new service developments. Further information is available on the Informing Healthcare website www.wales.nhs.uk/ihc Do Once and Share Pathology services throughout Wales remain committed to reducing duplication of effort by collaboratively developing resources and sharing good practice relating to CPA accreditation, MHRA and HTA regulatory requirements. Clinical Pathology Accreditation (CPA) Phil Shred and Jan Chatfield from CPA attended the recent meeting of the Pathology Quality Management Forum (PQMF) to provide an update and answer Questions on standards relating to POCT services. Point of Care Testing Education modules developed by the POCT Coordinators for competence assessing end users of a series of POCT devices have been recommended for adoption UK-wide and will be available through the Open College Network. Currently the modules are available through the Welsh division of the OCN Agored Cymru on www.agored.org.uk Human Tissue Authority (HTA) At a recent inspection of a Post Mortem establishment, the HTA rated the consent forms and guide booklets developed collaboratively by colleagues in Wales as the best they have seen. The first All Wales training in consent taking based upon these forms was held in July with a further session planned for September. Blood Transfusion Request Form Procurement of the All Wales Blood Transfusion request forms with attached sample bags has been carried out in partnership with Welsh Health Supplies. Details of how to order against the call-off contract have been provided to all Health Boards. Further PQMF resources The most recent resources address: Guidance for establishing an SLA Change control template for upgrading of Q-Pulse from version 4 to 5 Resources are posted on the Pathology Community website on www.nliah.com/portal. Margie Fielden, Pathology Programme Manager, 02920 207615 or margie.fielden@wales.nhs.uk Pathology Programme NewsNo. 142nd August 2010
