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A brand-new pathology laboratory serving Leeds and West Yorkshire is on track to open late in 2023 on the St James's Hospital site. It will help to improve care for patients and provide a better place for staff to work. #PathologyWeek Read more here: leedsth.nhs.uk/about-us/btlw…
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Come along to our virtual Experience Pathology careers event on Thursday 17 June at 11am. If you’re aged 14-18 and thinking about working in pathology in a hospital you can find out more here: leedsth.nhs.uk/about-us/news…
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This week marks a full year since our first positive inpatient with Covid-19 at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. We have one of the largest Covid-19 testing laboratories in the UK and our team of dedicated laboratory staff have processed over 321,800 COVID-19 tests in the past year!
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It’s National #PathologyWeek and we'd like to recognise all our amazing teams in @PathLeeds who have played a vital role in our response to COVID-19. Today we're inviting everyone to take part in our 'how much do you know about Pathology' Quiz! ➡️ leedsth.typeform.com/to/fKLY…
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We have 263 patients in our beds who have tested positive for COVID-19, including 22 in intensive care. This means we have more COVID-19 patients in our hospitals than at the peak of the pandemic in mid-April. Please read and share this important update: leedsth.nhs.uk/about-us/news…
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We are delighted to have been granted Outline Planning Permission from Leeds City Council to build a state-of-the-art Pathology laboratory on the St James’s Hospital site. This is great news for patients in Leeds and the wider region. Read more here: leedsth.nhs.uk/about-us/news…
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Did you know? Our histopathology lab at St James’s Hospital is one of the largest in the country processing over 1,000 pathology slides a day. These are digitally scanned thanks to a collaboration with @UniversityLeeds for faster more accurate diagnosis. #BiomedicalScienceDay2019
Blood Bank tour for a Student Nurse, from childrens oncology day unit, who was interested in blood group changes post bone marrow transplant. #BiomedicalScienceDay2019 #attheheartofhealthcare #Harveysgang #ltht @LeedsHospitals @jenhrock1 @IBMScience @PathLeeds @OncologyLeedsTH
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itransfuse app is a great tool- helps to prevent over and under transfusion and promotes Patient Blood Management @LeedsHospitals @OncologyLeedsTH @Leeds_Childrens
Have you downloaded our free iTransfuse App - the first of its kind - showcasing a range of resources to promote safe, appropriate and evidence-based transfusion at the bedside. Visit itransfuseapp.com to download.
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Leeds Pathology retweeted
❤️ Thank you to all NHS staff who worked over this busy #EasterWeekend 🐤🐰 to look after us and our loved ones #TeamNHS 👏 #ThankYouNHS ❤️
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Huge thank you to all the health and care staff working across Leeds this weekend keeping patients and citizens of Leeds safe 👏🏻 #bestcityforhealthandwellbeing @LeedsHospitals @Leeds_Childrens @LCHNHSTrust @LeedsandYorkPFT @nhsleeds @LeedsHCAcademy @LeedsCC_News @HWBBoardLeeds
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Leeds Pathology retweeted
Check out our brand new public engagement resource ‘What does your poo say about you?’ with activities you can run at your own events. See them in action @theRCN tomorrow: bit.ly/2G5Lrpw #clinicalbiochemistry #chemicalpathology #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth
Leeds Pathology retweeted
Fantastic report out from the fabulous Making Every Second Counts project team today who have been working hard to improve our patients’ experience @alyson_beckett @OncologyLeedsTH @LTHPharmacy @PathLeeds @DocWindage
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Leeds Pathology retweeted
Do you know an unsung hero in your #Pathology department (or even another one!) Nominate a colleague for #RCPathExcellenceAwards on the awards page rcpath.org/rcpath-excellence…
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#NHSStaffSurvey results are out today and it’s great news for LTHT! We have scored better than the national average for similar-sized organisations across all areas. Thank you to all our colleagues for helping us to make LTHT a great place to work!
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We are looking for healthy volunteers or people who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) who want to find out about their gut bacteria (microbiota) & take part in a study to improve diagnosis for IBS. For info please email [email protected] or telephone 0113 2068536
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Our hospitals in Leeds are experiencing very high demand. If you are unsure of the service you need, please call NHS 111. Information about walk in centres, emergency dentists and pharmacies is available here leedsth.nhs.uk/stay-well/ or use NHS 111 online: 111.nhs.uk
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Well done to Cheryl, and thanks so much for your support.
This weeks #FridayFundraiser is Cheryl Simpson! Cheryl works at @LeedsHospitals and has been putting on fundraising events for a phenomenal 9 years! Last year she raised £1,000, meaning her total raised for Leeds Cares in aid of @OncologyLeedsTH is an amazing £5,250!
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There are 2 @metofficeYorks YELLOW warnings for snow & ice this week. This is in addition to the @PHE_YorksHumber Level 3 Cold Weather Alert. Please check the weather for your journeys, make sure you're #WeatherReady, and check on vulnerable friends, family &neighbours
Brace yourselves! The @RCPath histopathology FRCPath part 2 short surgicals AND frozen sections AND long case slides from Autumn 2018 are now online at virtualpathology.leeds.ac.uk… @ggahutchins @RCPath @PathologyHouse
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