Consultant Clinical Scientist – NHS Lanarkshire Working together as a laboratory network in Scotland - why does IT constrain us? Dr Ian Godber Lead Clinician - Scottish Clinical Biochemistry Managed Diagnostic Network (SCBMDN) Consultant Clinical Scientist – NHS Lanarkshire

What is the SCBMDN The SCBMDN brings together professionals from across Scotland to work in a coordinated manner to ensure the provision of high quality, efficient and equitable clinical biochemistry diagnostic services. It was established to work across NHS Board boundaries; acting as a conduit between the service and Scottish Government / central projects. By facilitating and fostering cooperation the SCBMDN aims to enable sharing of best practice, innovation and improvement. It sets out to achieve harmonisation where possible and provide a forum for the introduction and evaluation of new and developing concepts

Question Would you plan your processes differently if you knew connectivity was not an issue? Planning a new service Rationalising a service

Example - FIT Faecal Haemoglobin Test (FIT) – advocated for use in triaging symptomatic patients where GI pathology is suspected. Normally get referred for a colonoscopy Faecal test measures blood in the stool Currently performed by 2 sites in Scotland How do you roll this out Nationally?

National Roll Out - FIT How do you plan an efficient, effective service? How do you refer the request? Who gets the results? How do you view the results?

National LIMS or Better Connectivity? Overcoming the issues National LIMS or Better Connectivity?