We did this a few years ago in Southport & Ormskirk. With an MLSO4 overseeing. Common reception, also with Microbiology, works well as does a joint general office. Lab bit is not so clear-cut. The immunoassay analyser deals with haematinics, there is scheduled exchange of MLA staff and rostered change of trainee and some MLSO1 staff. Doesn't work above this we find. Consultants are still responsible for their own discipline. The RCPath document a few years ago on this is a reasonable starting point.
Keeping everyone up to speed on everything they will need to do out-of-hours is hard work especially morphology.
Basically combination doesn't change the number of work stations so need the same number of technical staff but there is an element of cross-cover which has been useful. Sometimes however you do think it is a common floor with a force field down the middle! Senior laboratory staff [all types] attitudes are crucial and the hardest to change!
Ian Watson
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