In November, Dr. Farah Yazdani, Head of Clinical Microbiology, Consultant Microbiologist at King Saud Medical City in Riyadh – the largest hospital in Saudi Arabia – visited the hub Microbiology laboratory.
National Pathology Week
South West London Pathology took part in National Pathology Week in November 2016
SWLP Volunteers Receive Queen’s Ebola Medal
Five members of staff from Microbiology who worked at Ebola Treatment Centres across Sierra Leone have been awarded the Queen’s Ebola Medal.
SWLP win Health Business Award!
SWLP have won a Health Business Award for Hospital Procurement!
Our new pathology videos!
Filming is underway at our hub laboratories as we team up with the Royal College of Pathologists to create new video resources for patients, students and the general public.
SWLP finalist for TWO HSJ awards
SWLP are finalists for two Health Service Journal awards in the Acute, Community and/or Primary Care Services Redesign and Improving Care with Technology categories.
SWLP Wins Industry Award!
SWLP has won an ehi award! Our entry was selected as the winner in Best Use of IT to Support Healthcare Business Efficiency for Creating an Integrated Pathology Network. The ehi Awards are the UK’s only dedicated healthcare IT award scheme.
Immunology Clinical Lead being awarded a Royal College of Pathologists medal
Dr Jo Sheldon, our Clinical Lead for Immunology, is being awarded a Royal College of Pathologists medal for services to pathology, training and public engagement. Only 15 medals have ever been awarded in the past so this is an extremely prestigious – and well deserved – award! Jo will be receiving her medal in March 2017.
Magistrates tour our laboratories
On Wednesday 21 September 30 magistrates from Bedfordshire were given a behind the scenes tour of the state-of-the-art hub pathology laboratories at St George’s. There were short presentations about each discipline (Microbiology, Blood Sciences and Cellular Pathology) followed by tours of the mortuary and laboratories where the magistrates were able to see all the cutting […]