Elite specialist haemostasis unit in the NHS partners with Stago UK to improve patient outcomes through innovation, workflow efficiency and confidence in results reporting.
The quality of life and life expectancy for haemophilia patients has improved significantly over the past 30 years. This has led to demand for greater and more easily accessible diagnostic testing and monitoring services. To respond to this demand, the NHS established the Comprehensive Care Centres (CCC), a nationwide network of 22 centres of excellence.
The haemophilia and thrombosis centre run by East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is one these centres of excellence and now treats more than 500 patients from across Kent and parts of East Sussex. The trust is one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals serving a local population of around 759,000 people.
Its haemophilia unit fosters a multidisciplinary approach involving clinicians, physiotherapists, paediatricians, obstetrics and gynaecology – all based round the specialist haemostasis laboratory at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. The laboratory offers a full range of specialist investigations for patients with inherited and acquired disorders of haemostasis and thrombosis. While routine blood testing takes place across three hospital sites, all specialist coagulation work is handled by Canterbury, normally running 50 specialist investigations a day.
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