Lancashire & South Cumbria Pathology Collaboration

The Lancashire and South Cumbria Pathology Service is a collaborative hub and spoke pathology network made up of four acute provider organisations who together provide diagnostic testing services for over 1.8 million people living in Lancashire and South Cumbria. The four partner Trusts involved in the L&SC Pathology Service are the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMB), East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELTH), Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LTH) and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTH), who have delegated matters for the development of a single service to be managed through a joint committee arrangement (the LSC Provider Collaborative Board). Our aim is to transform pathology services and patient pathways by ensuring a coordinated approach for local services that drives the adoption of new technology, seeks best value, service quality and investment to improve patient outcomes. Pathology is essential to the...