North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust has become the first live PathoSys® system that is linked to the ISS Omnilab LIMS and the fifth live NEPath (North East Wide Pathology) network site.

The trust provides services for a population of around 365,000 in East Durham, Hartlepool, Stockton on Tees and surrounding areas and part of Sedgefield.

Hosted centrally at Newcastle the NEPath PathoSys® system provides a single centralised cellular pathology database covering the pathology and cancer network.