Specialist AKU status for Liverpool trust

Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust has been named as the new national centre for the treatment of alkaptonuria (AKU), a rare genetic disorder also known as ‘black bone disease’. The National Reference Service for the disease will now be based at the trust following...<<Read More>>

New pathology partnership formed

Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have formed a new partnership to provide pathology services with a full range of lab services for routine and non-urgent testing. The joint venture is expected to last 20 years and the Trust’s...<<Read More>>

Getting straight to the point

Point-of-care testing offers clinicians a fast and convenient way to carry out a variety of tests and is set to increase in the future, reports Richard Mackillican

There are many situations in the day to day running of the NHS where clinicians are forced to act quickly in order to deliver the best patient care. This is where point-of-care testing becomes an extremely useful tool.