National Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC), at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) are leading the development of a National Secure Data Environment (SDE) for digital pathology. The NPIC data platform will enable secure access for research users, facilitate the curation of large-scale research datasets and support clinical trials.   NPIC, together with the NHS England…

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT), through the National Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC), is playing a critical role in the delivery of the MANIFEST programme. NPIC will provide national pathology infrastructure and domain expertise for this multi-million-pound UK-wide platform for cancer immunotherapy.   In collaboration with 15 academic institutions and 11 industry partners, NPIC will…

NPIC is to receive funding as part of the government’s “boost for research”, aimed at the early detection and diagnosis of cancer to provide a better service for patients. As part of this investment in life sciences, NPIC are involved in three of the projects.  These collaborations bring together leading institutions across the UK and…

LEEDS, West Yorkshire NPIC is delighted to announce that their Digital Pathology Deployment team has been shortlisted for the Modernising Diagnostics Award at the HSJ Awards, recognising an outstanding contribution to healthcare and securing a place at the prestigious awards ceremony later this year.   1350+ entries have been received for this year’s Awards, with 234…

LEEDS, West Yorkshire, July 2024 Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) has gone live this week with the National Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC) digital pathology system leading the way for paediatric care, as GOSH will be the go-to centre to support diagnosis and treatment advice for digital pathology images for children…

22nd July 2024 The National Pathology Imaging Cooperative (NPIC) is pleased to announce a groundbreaking collaboration with CellPath Ltd to facilitate the onsite digital pathology scanning of archival pathology slides. This strategic partnership initially aims to support the digital scanning of the pathology slides for the 100,000 genomes project, a critical component of Genomics England’s…

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…

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…

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.…

The National Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC) has successfully connected another NHS Hospital Trust to its national digital pathology imaging network. This marks another major step towards national roll-out of the system, delivering on NPIC’s mission to revolutionise NHS pathology, enabling sharing of expertise, and harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) in diagnosis. Harrogate & District NHS Foundation…

Information for laboratories contributing data to the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Data to Early Diagnosis and Precision Medicine Centre of Excellence (D2EDPM CoE)  Interoperability workstream on Quality Assurance Why should we get involved?  There is consensus that quality assurance is a crucial aspect in any pathology laboratory but digital whole slide imaging (WSI) is a…

A new initiative, the Genomics Pathology Imaging Collection (GPIC) to accelerate cancer research has launched. This important joint initiative by the National Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC) and Genomics England will combine digital pathology and genomic data to create a unique resource for cancer researchers. A summary article published in Nature Medicine outlines how this collaboration…

The National Pathology Imaging Co-operative, NPIC, opens opportunities for NHS trusts throughout the country to digitise pathology and improve patient diagnoses, following new funding and expanding the usage of Sectra’s digital pathology solution and VNA. A multi-million pound NHS initiative that already spans six trusts is expanding to help laboratories across different parts of the…

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…

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…

This month the National Pathology Imaging Co-operative saw the launch of our very first public exhibition ‘Digitising Disease: Artificial intelligence under the microscope’. This exhibition forms part of our ongoing public and patient involvement initiative here at NPIC and is currently being displayed at the Oxford public library as part of the Oxford Festival of…

15 September 2021 Partnership will help accelerate cancer diagnosis and improve digital pathology for the NHS The National Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC) announces that Exponential-e, the leading specialist in connectivity, cloud and unified communications solutions has become its strategic platform provider. The partnership with Exponential-e will support NPIC’s development of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve…

Nijmegen, 1 February 2021 – To take AI development in pathology to the next level, a European consortium combining leading European research centres, hospitals as well as major pharmaceutical industries, is going to develop a repository for the sharing of pathology data.The 6-year, €70 million project called BIGPICTURE, will herald a new era in pathology.…

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) led research programme, National Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC), is one of three centres that will benefit from a £50 million funding boost announced today, which will speed up the diagnosis of diseases such as cancer. This funding will scale up the work of existing Centres of Excellence in Digital…

Northern Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC) with its industry partner Leica Biosystems, a global leader in pathology workflow solutions, has announced that Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) is the first health organisation in Europe to have an Aperio GT 450 DX digital pathology scanner installed. This next-generation imaging system was unveiled at the highly successful Leica Biosystems…