GP Liaison Services

Specialising in community diagnostics and analysing the pre-lab elements of the #diagnostics pathway.

[IBMS #AtTheHeartOfHealthcare @IBMScience]

A very special message from IBMS President Debra Padgett (@Debra54597120) on #BiomedicalScienceDay2023! #AtTheHeartOfHealthcare

[ESHT_Pathology 💙 @ESHT_Pathology]

Looking forward to hearing @ChrisHo42906232 today address the South East Green Plan celebration event. #sustainability #NHS #HealthCare

[Rob Shorten @robshorten]

Check out this page... https://t.co/uHK06iB2LW

There is a growing community of laboratory scientists who wish to reduce the environmental impact of clinical diagnostics. Take a look at this @SusHealthcare post from @teachbiomed and come and join us!

[Sheri Scott @teachbiomed]

This NHS #sustainabilitydayofaction we are pleased to annouce Clinical Labs susnet is live https://t.co/da0XNZYfEi. A new @SusHealthcare online sustainability networking space for clinical laboratory professionals and educators across biomedical and healthcare science

[GP Liaison Services @GP_LiaisonUK]

Fact Friday 🩸

Did you know that there are 150 billion red blood cells in one ounce of blood and that the human body actually creates 17 million red blood cells per second?

The human body is capable of some pretty amazing things!

#factfriday #nhs #diagnostics #pathology

[GP Liaison Services @GP_LiaisonUK]

https://t.co/njYxFincug

[The Biochemist @The_Biochemist]

Have you wondered whether scientific research could be more environmentally sustainable and what you can do to help bring this about? In this article, we hear from those working to implement lab sustainability programmes at the @UniofOxford https://t.co/WS3H8xQzBe

[GP Liaison Services @GP_LiaisonUK]

@who @BarkleyMD thanks for the response to our question, recognising the importance of improving diagnostics stewardship and giving the primary care teams the tools, training and support to deliver high quality diagnostics is key…. clip starts at 24.15 #GIRFT #diagnostics

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

LIVE: Q&A on primary health care and universal health coverage. #AskWHO https://t.co/AAiJuToecD

[GP Liaison Services @GP_LiaisonUK]

@WHO #AskWHO is poorly planned or poorly delivered diagnostic stewardship a weakness Primary Care delivery, is it a contributing factor that is delaying right first time prophylaxis

[GP Liaison Services @GP_LiaisonUK]

'AI-driven computational pathology has shown proven results in terms of increased accuracy and high-quality services to patients at a reduced cost.'

Read here about how AI is enhancing the efficiency of pathology labs → https://t.co/7nCYJy67RC

#diagnostics #ai #healthcare

[GP Liaison Services @GP_LiaisonUK]

@HealthierNWL, have you considered a diagnostics stewardship programme for your community specimens? It is important to ensure your practices are removing diagnostics variation by presenting clean patient specimens. Do you have a UTI triage in place? @NHSGIRFT_LONDON @NHSGIRFT

[GP Liaison Services @GP_LiaisonUK]

@sajidjavid @WHO @sajidjavid and @who, our map below shows prescribing data for Nitro and Trim from Northwest London GP practices in Nov 2021, what % of this is based on a right first-time diagnosis and how much is guesswork? (13,900 Items issued at a cost of £105k). 3/3

[GP Liaison Services @GP_LiaisonUK]

#GIRFT #RCPATH #DIAGNOSTICS #AMR

[GP Liaison Services @GP_LiaisonUK]

@sajidjavid @WHO @sajidjavid and @who can we suggest a more buoyant approach to diagnostics stewardship would have a substantive impact on AMR. For instance, mandating a simple UTI triage before prescribing would have a significant impact on right first time prophylaxis. 1/3

[GP Liaison Services @GP_LiaisonUK]

@sajidjavid @WHO @sajidjavid and @who, our map below shows prescribing data for Nitro and Trim from Northwest London GP practices in Nov 2021, what % of this is based on a right first-time diagnosis and how much is guesswork? (13,900 Items issued at a cost of £105k). 3/3

[GP Liaison Services @GP_LiaisonUK]

@sajidjavid @WHO @sajidjavid and @who how much Nitro and Trim is prescribed before the MS & C is returned, how many results come back with asymptomatic bacteriuria due to poor diagnostics stewardship? 2/3

[University of Staffordshire Biomedical Science @SUBioscience]

Meanwhile, our #HealthcareScience #BiomedicalScience team on the ward are liaising with clinical teams to identify how we can work together to develop communication between the laboratory and the clinical areas…

[Rob Shorten @robshorten]

Add in unnecessary swabs & urines. Improving diagnostic stewardship could:
⬇️Costs
⬆️Quality
⬇️Direct & indirect harms of unnecessary reflex Ix & Abx
⬇️Environmental impact

We're looking at this at @LancsHospitals
with @LancsHospCITeam
Will share our findings!

[GP Liaison Services @GP_LiaisonUK]

@DrSimonHodes @robshorten @LancsHospitals @LancsHospCITeam @bmj_latest This is a fab article @andreaprinzi. A substantive amount of the work we do focuses on pre-analytical variation in the diagnostic journey, whether its improving transport, introducing a UTI triage to reduce mixed growths or improving appropriate ordering, there is so much to do!

[ESHT_Pathology 💙 @ESHT_Pathology]

Carol from our Clinical Chemistry team recently received a Hero of the Month award from @joelnoom. Carol is exceptionally organised and constantly goes above and beyond for her team. Without her, the lab would not be the same. #NHSHeros #pathology

[GP Liaison Services @GP_LiaisonUK]

We help identify potential risks within the community phlebotomy process chain.

We undertake an analysis of specimens most at risk of degradation due to inefficient transport scheduling & unsatisfactory specimen handling processes, helping identify new & more efficient services.