Beginning in the summer of 2023, Health Services Laboratories, an innovation-driven provider of pathology and diagnostic services, and Automata Technologies, a life sciences automation company, have partnered to accelerate turnaround times for pathology and diagnostic services.
Preventive health care benefits of diagnostic services
According to NICE, an estimated 1.2 billion pathology tests are carried out each year in England, with 95% of clinical pathways based on accessing pathology services.
Health Services Laboratories (HSL) is a leading provider of a wide range of pathology and diagnostic services, covering all industries.
The HSL and Automata collaboration has seen the development and implementation of an automated system to streamline sample storage and sorting. The collaboration seeks to reduce the inefficiencies associated with manual processing in order to get results into the patient’s hands faster.
The value of automation
Historically, storage and sorting processes in diagnostic laboratories have been particularly demanding, limiting throughput and turnaround times.
Now, the HSL process runs overnight, with the automated platform feeding test vials into storage bins, assigning test results to vials within a rack, and separating the vials into different result groups. All of this is achieved without manual intervention, facilitating 24/7 operations and leading to faster turnaround and turnaround times than previously possible.
Results are processed faster as patients sleep
Pathological screening is a key driver of preventive health care. Increasingly, we are seeing greater demand for faster turnaround times. This is where innovation and automation like Automata’s is so vital. In partnership with Automata, we are accelerating diagnosis and treatment by running our automation platform overnight and increasing the volume of our testing capabilities.”
Daniel Frayne, Performance Projects Manager, Health Services Laboratories
With automation, organizations like Health Services Laboratories have the ability to increase turnaround time, improve data quality, and enhance efficiency. We are delighted that our technology supports efficient and consistent diagnostic capabilities for the NHS.”
Mostafa ElSayed, Co-Founder and CEO of Automata
About Health Services Laboratories
Health Services Laboratories is a partnership between The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (the Royal Free London) and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) to provide pathology services to NHS Trusts and to their customers.
HSL’s purpose is to deliver medically driven diagnostics, innovation, value and long-term investment in healthcare.
