In message <[log in to unmask]>, Mike Addison
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>I expect that many UK subscribers to this list are aware of HSC
>1999/170 'Modernisation of Pathology Services' with its request for
>bids for capital investment in Pathology. This document is
>available at http://www.doh.gov.uk/coinh.htm. I also expect that
>quite a number have sent in expressions of interest, yet despite the
>many years of gross underfunding of Pathology, I think we should
>seriously examine the contents of the circular and identify the
>purpose.
>
The Govt agenda is almost certainly trying to get the megalabs they have
wanyted for years: the problem is that they keep asking the question,
getting the answer that it is impossible and then rewriting the question
in the hope that they will get the answer they want the next time.
Provided pathoogy specifications expect turnaround times that cannot be
matched by an off-site centre, we should be safe....
As or what do the biochemists do - that's a good question: the Govt
would probaably be very happy to lose a few - and thus save themselves
the 10 millionthey have put up.
TIM
--
Prof. Tim Reynolds,
Professor of Chemical Pathology,
Queen's Hospital,
Burton-on-Trent,
UK.
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