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Award for breast cancer team
From the Salisbury Journal, first published Friday 2nd Nov 2007.
GENETICISTS at Salisbury Hospital have won an award for their work on a breast cancer testing laboratory.
Clinical scientist Chris Mattocks and process manager Dan Ward, from the Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory have won the Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust's Service Improvement Award for their work in designing and developing a high throughput laboratory for breast cancer genetic testing.
The Salisbury facility uses robotics to increase the speed and accuracy of testing for breast cancer and processed more than 1000 cases within the SCOBEC region in record time. The laboratory is now attracting work from other centres in the UK and overseas.
Mr Mattocks said: "We believed from the outset that our design could outperform more traditional methods and its performance confirmed this by delivering faster results for clinical teams and GPs, at lower costs and with no reduction in accuracy.
"There has been so much good work carried out within the hospital over the last year that it was a real honour to be rewarded in this way for our achievement."
The Service Improvement Awards are held each year and are part of the Trust's approach to act where improvement can be made and reward staff for helping to identify and address possible issues.
120 members of staff and Trust governors and members heard presentations given by staff before they cast their vote.
Mo Neville, head of clinical governance, said: "This really was a successful event which highlighted the positive way in which our staff are continually looking at how they can improve the service they give to their patients."
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