All six NHS Trusts within the West Yorkshire Pathology Network are now live on the NPIC digital pathology platform

West Yorkshire, April 2024 Airedale NHS Foundation Trust & Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have joined the other four NHS Trusts within the West Yorkshire area, (collectively known as the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT)) and have now gone live on the National Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC) digital pathology platform. This major … Read more

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust becomes the next organisation to benefit from the NPIC national digital pathology platform

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) have joined other NHS Trusts within the West Yorkshire area and have now gone live on the National Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC) digital pathology platform. This high-capacity pathology image repository and exchange system, revolutionises how pathologists provide patient services and expert opinions, which will facilitate digital transformation across … Read more

NPIC progress its digital pathology rollout further, as another NHS Trust connects to world leading national network

LEEDS, West Yorkshire, November 2023 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust have now connected to the National Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC) digital pathology picture archiving and communication system (PACS). This high-capacity pathology image repository and exchange system, revolutionises how pathologists provide patient services and expert opinions, which will facilitate digital transformation across pathology for the Trust. … Read more

About the Patient and Public Advisory Group

The NPIC Patient and Public Advisory Group (PPAG) has been active since January 2020.    We are a group of 18 active members, recruited from different sectors, and representative of diverse communities across West Yorkshire and beyond. The aim of the group is to bring a wealth of experience and opinion to an open forum … Read more

Digital pathology in breast cancer diagnosis

To raise awareness around Breast Cancer Awareness month, this October NPIC has teamed up with one of our specialist breast cancer pathologists at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to bring you the below video. In this short video Dr Millican-Slater talks about her work as a pathologist and how advances in technology can enhance this … Read more