Northern Care Alliance deploys digital pathology with Sectra

Greater Manchester Pathology Network has taken the next steps in its digitisation of pathology services, with the go-live of Sectra’s digital pathology solution at Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust.

The trust’s Oldham laboratory has completed technical go-live, with its Salford site set to follow. Collectively the laboratories provide a range of general and specialist pathology services that support diagnoses for patients in the region. This includes one of the largest dermatology departments in the country and gynaecology services that cover six hospitals.

The trust’s pathologists and biomedical scientists will become the latest in Greater Manchester to begin the process of swapping microscopes for high quality digital images accessible through an enterprise imaging system, provided under an existing agreement in the region with Sectra.

Professionals in seven laboratories across the network will use the enterprise imaging system, with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust having deployed the pathology module earlier in 2023. The same system is already in use in acute trusts across Greater Manchester, where it is used to view and analyse radiology imaging across the region’s imaging network.

Picture: Staff across sites will have immediate access to digital images via Sectra’s solution.

See the full report on page 4 of the March 2024 issue of RAD Magazine.