Welcome to Kent and Medway's Pathology Network
The Kent and Medway Pathology Network (KMPN) is a formal partnership of seven laboratories across three pathology services in four acute Trusts.
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust and Medway NHS Foundation Trust which form the North Kent Pathology Service.
Each provides blood sciences, blood transfusion and microbiology services, plus some specific to each team:
- Andrology (diseases and conditions specific to men) provided by North Kent Pathology Services and East Kent Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust.
- Cellular pathology at Maidstone Hospital and William Harvey Hospital.
- Immunology at William Harvey Hospital.
- Regional haemophilia service at Kent and Canterbury Hospital.
Our 800 colleagues provide services across the health and care sector to a population of nearly two million people. Each pathology department operates United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) assessed laboratories, many with 24-hour or on-call services. They provide efficient, high quality, accurate technical services, as well as expert scientific interpretation and specialist clinical advice to hospitals and GPs.
KMPN is undertaking a range of transformation programmes to improve pathology services across the region. These are:
- Workforce Education and Network Development to bring all pathology staff currently employed at different Trusts under a single service starting with a single management.
- Introducing a single system allowing GPs to request tests for patients at any hospital within the network.
- Introducing a common Laboratory Information System that will allow laboratories to manage patients’ tests and results across Kent and Medway.
- Putting in place a new digital pathology solution will make our services more efficient and flexible. Procuring a single Managed Equipment Service (MES) contract to streamline our contracts and reduce costs.
GPs, community healthcare practitioners and other healthcare professionals can find out more information about our services and these transformation programmes in the ‘For healthcare professionals' section.
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