Severn Histopathology - Hospitals

North Bristol NHS Trust - Southmead Hospital

North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) is the largest Trust in the South West region, and one of the largest Trusts in the country. 

The Trust provides medical, surgical, paediatric and maternity care for its local population of approximately half a million people in the North Bristol and South Gloucestershire area. The Trust also provides sub regional, regional and supra regional services in the fields of neurosciences, orthopaedics, pathology, plastic surgery and burns, renal medicine and transplant and urology. NBT has accreditation for Colorectal (Cancer Centre), Respiratory (Cancer Centre) and Breast (Cancer Centre).

In 2016, the histopathology departments at NBT and University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust merged.  All histopathology services (excluding head and neck pathology) were relocated to a new pathology sciences building at Southmead Hospital.  This is where histopathology training is delivered and where the South West Cytology Training School is located. All autopsy training is delivered off site in a purpose built public mortuary at Flax Bourton. The hospital has close links with the University of Bristol and there are good opportunities for research, audit and undergraduate teaching. All the standard and modern diagnostic modalities are available in the laboratory including immunohistochemistry and molecular biology.

The SouthWest Regional Cytology Training Centre is approved for gynaecological training by the British Association for Cytopathology (BAC) and the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS). The centre is equipped with a dedicated multiheaded microscope and seminar room and delivers frequent gynaecological cytopathology and non-gynaecological cytopathology training courses for colposcopists, trainee pathologists, biomedical scientists and consultant histopathologists /cytopathologists

 https://www.nbt.nhs.uk/severn-pathology/pathology-services/cellular-pathology 

 

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Cheltenham General Hospital

Cheltenham General Hospital is the centre of the Gloucestershire Cellular Pathology Laboratory which has a satellite laboratory at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.

There is teaching of medical students, bio-medical scientists and more informal teaching of work experience students within the department. There are research opportunities available and the department is actively engaged in audits both with internal audit systems and also participating in all available EQA schemes both regionally and nationally.

Trainees will gain experience in histology, cytology, frozen sections and post mortem examinations. Autopsy training in a new purpose built public mortuary at the Gloucestershire Coroner’s Court Complex, approximately half a mile from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.

 https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/our-services/services-we-offer/pathology/histopathology/

 

Royal United Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Royal United Hospitals,Bath

The Royal United Hospital (RUH) Bath NHS Trust is the teaching hospital serving the population of North East Somerset and West Wiltshire and located just over a mile from the centre of Bath. The hospital provides healthcare to the population served by three primary care trusts (PCTs): Bath & North East Somerset, Wiltshire and Somerset (formerly Mendip PCT).

The Royal United Hospital (RUH) Bath NHS Trust is the teaching hospital serving the population of North East Somerset and West Wiltshire and located just over a mile from the centre of Bath. Histopathology training is delivered in the Department of Cellular Pathology.

 https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/pathology/departments/cell_path_histology.asp

 

Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Great Western Hospital, Swindon

The Department of Histopathology is housed in light and airy accommodation on the top floor of the hospital. There are far reaching views of the surrounding area. The laboratory in the process of CPA accreditation and was designed in collaboration with the staff and has a linear stainer for histology and automatic cover slipper and an automated immunostainer. The MDM’s take place in the education centre with full video conferencing facilities.

Surgical specimens are received from all major specialities except thoracic surgery, neurosurgery and paediatric surgery. A wide range of material is examined including endoscopic, gastrointestinal, colposcopic and respiratory biopsies. There is a substantial amount of new tumour pathology and we have Cancer Unit status for breast (we are also the main screening and assessment centre for Wiltshire), colorectal, upper GI, ENT, gynaecology (a joint venture with Oxford), urology and lung cancers.

The mortuary is situated on the lower ground floor and is a spacious modern facility with 50 fridge spaces and pleasant accommodation for relatives. There is currently a mortuary manager a qualified APT, and a trainee APT.

There are facilities for digital photography and there is a digital dictation system. The laboratory uses the Winpath computer system. The hospital has a research and development department.

 https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/pathology/departments/cell_path_histology.asp

 

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust - Musgrove Park Hospital

South West Pathology Service formerly Somerset Pathology Services is an integrated pathology service covering Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton (MPH) and Yeovil District Hospital, Yeovil (YDH). It delivers pathology for most of Somerset and several treatment centres outside Somerset. The service is now run by IPP a private pathology provider with technical staff employed by IPP and medical staff employed by the NHS. Trainees are based at MPH. All the standard and modern diagnostic modalities are available in the laboratory including immunohistochemistry, molecular biology and digital pathology.

 https://www.somersetft.nhs.uk/pathology-disease-diagnosis/

Flax Bourton

Flax Bourton Public Mortuary provides mortuary and post mortem examination services on behalf of the Avon Coroner, who covers the counties of Bristol, North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire. It is a new, purpose built facility located six miles from the centre of Bristol and serves as a mortuary for the Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI) and Southmead in place of hospital mortuaries. Around 1500 autopsies are carried out per year and on site facilities include access to a conference room, multi-headed microscope, text books, computers and internet access. The mortuary has access to the full range of microbiological, biochemical, toxicological, cytogenetic histological investigations as needed. Links with the Genetics lab for frozen tissue DNA extraction and molecular investigations are also available. Trainees attend the mortuary on a weekly/fortnightly basis to carry out supervised post mortems in what has become a very strong and thoroughly enjoyed part of the curriculum.