Pathology is provided for the NHS Humber Health Partnership by 2 separate Pathology networks as defined by NHSE.
Scarborough, Hull, and York Pathology Service (SHYPS) which provides Pathology services for York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust.
Path links (Midlands and East 2) which provides Pathology services in Boston, Grantham, Grimsby, Lincoln, and Scunthorpe and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
Scarborough, Hull, York Pathology Service (SHYPS)
SHYPS combines the pathology services of York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (YSTHFT) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust (HUTH)in a collaborative joint venture.
SHYPS is a clinically led pathology network that incorporates a range of laboratory disciplines across 4 acute hospital sites: Hull Royal Infirmary (HRI), Castle Hill Hospital (CHH), York Hospital (YH) and Scarborough Hospital (SH). SHYPS also covers numerous communities, specialist, and primary care facilities across a wide geography.
With the formation of SHYPS we are privileged to have an excellent team of dedicated individuals. All the hard work produced by the network is backed up by a diverse team of staff, covering many bands, grades and specialisms all of whom continue to display their resilience and professionalism on a daily basis.
There are two acute trusts covered by the service:
Hull University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust (HUTH) clinical portfolio is comprehensive, covering the major medical and surgical specialties, routine and specialist diagnostic services and other clinical support services. These services are provided primarily to a catchment population of approximately 600,000 in the Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire area and operates from two main sites — Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital — whilst delivering a number of outpatient services from locations across the local health economy area
HUTH provides specialist and tertiary services to a catchment population of between 1.05 million and 1.25 million extending from Scarborough in North Yorkshire to Grimsby and Scunthorpe in North East and North Lincolnshire respectively.
York Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (YSTHFT) provides a comprehensive range of acute hospital services. In July 2012 YTHFT acquired Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust, bringing Scarborough and Bridlington Hospitals into the organisation.
It serves approximately 800,000 people living in and around York, North Yorkshire, North East Yorkshire and Ryedale — a mixed urban and rural population across 3,400 square miles.
The expectation is that users of the service should see no significant difference in the level of service provided irrespective as to whether samples are sent to Scarborough, Hull or York for processing. The service is divided into a number of specialist departments:
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Haematology, Blood Transfusion
- Immunology
- Microbiology
- Virology
- Histology, Diagnostic Cytology
- Point of Care Testing (POCT)