Modernising Pathology Commercial Lessons from Europe

摘要

Developed economies around the world are currently facing similar challenges to contain healthcare spending in the face of a steadily increasing demand. Pathology can be a soft target for budget cuts in all health economies and in the UK, many pathology departments have lacked significant investment for many years. At the same time there is a shortage of scientific and medical staff working in pathology across Europe, with some NHS labs already struggling to attract new staff and fill out of hours rotas. Long, drawn-out consultation and re-organisation processes do little to attract more into the profession.