Pathology is the study of disease carried out by pathology services throughout the UK. Pathology services work together with both the NHS and the private sector. Diagnostic pathology laboratories are a full time service offering their services to both clinics and hospitals. Pathology services alongside researching, and testing new drugs to help prevent diseases and cancers also offer education, networking and consultation services.(Interactive, Molnes, and lowa, no date).
Clinical Pathology Accreditation in the UK is run by the UK Accreditation Service (UKAS) who regularly inspect the laboratories. (Choices, 2015). The NHS is the largest provider of diagnostic pathology laboratories across the UK, all diagnostic services liaison with doctors, …show more content…
Although there are four main specialties in the study of pathology according to (Choices, 2015); “Chemical pathology (the study of chemicals in the blood and other fluids), Hematology (the study of disorders of the blood), Histopathology (the study of disease in human tissue), Medical microbiology (the study of infection)”. The laboratories at Derriford hospital Plymouth offer a range of specialist blood testing services and handles over 2500 blood test request daily this is according to (Blood tests C labs combined laboratory Plymouth UK, no …show more content…
As with histopathologists, hematopathologists conduct research in disease and the prevention. They also conduct research into development of treatments and vaccines. To carry out their work haematologist’s are given the chance to work with high quality light microscopes, to investigate a patient’s blood and the cellular elements. Recent research programs carried out by UCLA as stated on their website are “HIV related T cell and skin lymphomas”. (Hematology \ UCLA pathology & laboratory medicine, no date). Hematology is the study of blood, related diseases. There role is to examine blood samples and in some cases bone marrow cells to diagnose illness such as; anemia, hemophilia and leukemia. (Haematology,
Clinical Pathology Accreditation in the UK is run by the UK Accreditation Service (UKAS) who regularly inspect the laboratories. (Choices, 2015). The NHS is the largest provider of diagnostic pathology laboratories across the UK, all diagnostic services liaison with doctors, …show more content…
Although there are four main specialties in the study of pathology according to (Choices, 2015); “Chemical pathology (the study of chemicals in the blood and other fluids), Hematology (the study of disorders of the blood), Histopathology (the study of disease in human tissue), Medical microbiology (the study of infection)”. The laboratories at Derriford hospital Plymouth offer a range of specialist blood testing services and handles over 2500 blood test request daily this is according to (Blood tests C labs combined laboratory Plymouth UK, no …show more content…
As with histopathologists, hematopathologists conduct research in disease and the prevention. They also conduct research into development of treatments and vaccines. To carry out their work haematologist’s are given the chance to work with high quality light microscopes, to investigate a patient’s blood and the cellular elements. Recent research programs carried out by UCLA as stated on their website are “HIV related T cell and skin lymphomas”. (Hematology \ UCLA pathology & laboratory medicine, no date). Hematology is the study of blood, related diseases. There role is to examine blood samples and in some cases bone marrow cells to diagnose illness such as; anemia, hemophilia and leukemia. (Haematology,