In the Report "The Year", published in May 2009, Sir David Nicholson, Chief Executive of the NHS advised that in order to improve quality and deal with cost pressures, the NHS needed to realise efficiency savings in the order of £15 billion.
The potential contribution from Pathology, identified in the "Carter Report" and the "Value for Money update, 2009", was up to £500 million. By working with a professional and credible partner such as CitySprint Healthcare, a significant proportion of these cost savings can be realised.
CitySprint Healthcare is the UK's leading pathology courier operating strictly within the regulatory guidelines of the CPA and MHRA. The dedicated programme focuses on the NHS and Private Healthcare and is supported by CitySprint’s unique infrastructure of 31 nationwide ServiceCentres. This national network enables CitySprint to provide a single-source courier solution, without the need to sub-contract collections to third-party providers; thereby ensuring continuity of service and increasing security levels.
At CitySprint, we understand the importance of providing a fully GMP compliant, cost effective pathology transportation service to our customers. We appreciate the important and critical nature of the secure and timely transportation of patient specimens and finished products. It is this level of understanding, which makes us the ideal partner of choice.
Our services have also been designed to meet the regulatory requirements of the MHRA and CPA, which means using our services, will ensure that your laboratories will be compliant with the Blood Quality and Safety Regulations and meet the requirements of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for the movement of the following items:
- Finished Product Transfusion Blood
- Organs and Tissue
- X-Rays and Patient Records
- Instruments and Equipment
- Consumables and Supplies
At CitySprint Healthcare, we provide two core pathology transport solutions:- Diagnostic Pathology Courier; the collection of Patient Specimens for routine or urgent diagnosis, for departments such as cellular pathology.
- Therapeutic Pathology Courier; the collection of tissue, organs, bloods or cells for transplantation.
We carry:- Histology Samples
- Cytology Samples
- Human body fluids for testing
- Cultured Infectious tissue/sample for referencing
- Cold Chain and frozen items
- All couriers are trained to carry formalin fixed items
Theatre Services - one of our MHRA approved services
