We are a large teaching hospital with over 1200 beds, a major trauma centre, a 120 bedded critical care plus a transplant centre.

We manage 24 blood gas analysers (21 on site, 2 at a specialist hospital within 4 miles and one in a community setting), 250 glucose meters (235 of which are IT connected, 12 CoaguCheks, 1 DDimer system and 15 ketone meters.

We also manage and run a 5 day a week one stop clinic offering lipid, creatinine, glucose and HbA1c measurements as well as GTT testing and glucose and lactose breath tests.



Staffing - 1 x BMS8a (also lead BMS for Biochemistry) F/T

	- 2 x BMS7 - F/T

	- 1 x BMS5/6 (clinic) - F/T

	- 2 x Band 4 - F/T, one currently on maternity leave will be returning on 25 hrs per week. We also have had funding for a 12 month fixed term band 4 post to cover maternity leave and projects.



The POCT is expanding rapidly - in the next 12 - 18 months we will be managing or working towards the management of the following:



ROTEMS

TEGS

Urinalysis

HCG testing

Sexual Health POCT (HIV, Syphillis)

Haematology clinics (FBC for Haematology and Oncology patients)

POCT service at a Community Hospital (Chemistry, Haematology, DDimer etc)



We do not hold a budget so for all services we have a business model and charge for the POCT services allowing staff to be added as needed.



Clinically we have a Consultant Chemical Pathologist who chairs the POCT Steering Group. We meet every 3 months. I also sit on the Medical Devices Training Group. We have regular meetings with our IT department and it is likely we will be developing a Research and Development Group within the Department to link into the Trusts clinical trials.

We are not currently UKAS/CPA accredited for POCT but all services are developed with the standards in mind.



Hope this helps



 Helen Peat

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Hi



I am interested in more information about how POCT is resourced in Trusts of similar size to Plymouth. We are a 950 bed acute teaching hospital and a major trauma centre. There are 16 blood gas devices, 225 glucose meters, 70 urine testing sites, around 15-20 blood ketone meters, 6 INR meters, 20 pregnancy testing sites, amongst other tests (HbA1c, foetal fibronectin, etc). 



We have a relatively large POCT team which has CPA accreditation for connected and non-connected elements of the service, which includes external sites.



In particular I am trying to gauge the following-



Staff whole time equivalence providing POCT Who is the lead? POCT manager or Co-ordinator CPA/UKAS accredited?

Governance Group? How often do they meet?

Do you have clinical and managerial leads for POCT?

Are you currently experiencing an expansion in POCT or the opposite?



I know some of you will have previously supplied some of this information in other threads so apologies if this feels repetitive.



Kind regards



Tony