Move will see some medical tests carried out in Leicester

PLANS for thousands of Nottingham patients to have medical tests in Leicester have moved a step closer.

Under the proposals, pathology services – the study and diagnosis of disease – will be shared between hospitals in Leicester and Nottingham, with particular tests done at one site.

The move will create one of the largest single-managed pathology service in the country.

Nottingham University Hospitals Trust (NUH), which manages the Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital, is working with University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) to make the move. Dr Paul Shaw, consultant pathologist at UHL, has been appointed director of pathology services for the new service. Tony Scriven, head of pathology at NUH, has been appointed general manager.

Dr Shaw said: "Getting this service right is going to be a major task but already there are some examples of innovation arising from conversations between colleagues in Nottingham and Leicester. Our ambition is to be the number one pathology service in the country."

Over the next year, the teams will work on consolidating the service.

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