Board Chair:
Ms Lynn Hill, Diagnostic Tumour Board Chair, General Manager Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust
Dr Jolanta McKenzie, Pathology Subgroup Chair, Consultant Histopathologist, Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow
Achievements of the subgroups
- Improved communication with NLCN Board and other Tumour Boards.
- Specimen repatriation for uropathology (Outer London cancer centre).
- Audit group for uropathology.
- Peer Review action planning.
- Imaging waiting list eductions.
- Representation of NLCN Board at meetings.
Work in progress
- Identification of Tumour Board Representatives and deputies.
- Specimen repatriation for other tumour sites.
- Adoption of Network Services Integration (NSI) identified service improvement schemes/new ways of working.
- Peer Review action planning.
- Further improvement of waiting list times in imaging.
- Rationalisation of PET CT facilities in NLCN.