*EARLY BIRD SUBSCRIPTION OFFER AVAILABLE UNTIL 31st MAY 2025 - SEE BELOW*
The National Pathology Benchmarking Programme is the only national benchmarking programme for Pathology in the UK that ensures a meaningful comparison between similar networks and laboratories based on demand, complexity, and service delivery model, using a long-standing "comparing apples with apples" methodology for consistently counting and comparing activity, workforce, and cost.
It is an essential tool to inform network reconfiguration, workforce planning, recruitment and investment business cases, and can provide insight and information to cost reduction and Lean improvement projects.
Our current leadership team have been delivering the National Pathology Benchmarking Programme for 21 years and counting.
This year's benchmarking programme (for financial year 2024-25) introduces a full re-launch; our entire data collection and reporting systems have been re-built from the ground-up, and we have an expanded analytical team supporting the programme. The data collection templates are more focused and intuitive than ever, requiring only a small amount of time and effort to complete thanks to a more streamlined layout and optional sections. The reports include both national and peer-grouped comparisons, albeit heavily focusing on the latter, and use state-of-the-art analytics to generate the most meaningful comparative peer groups for each in-scope department within your laboratory.
Comparisons with the previous year's data make a return for 2025, in addition to cutting edge data presentation which relay the key messages and highlights from the data clearly and effectively. The process remains fully confidential, meaning that no other laboratories or external organisations (except for TBP, of course) will get to see your data, unless you specifically choose to share them yourself. We are even able to provide alternate versions of your reports that remove your actual data, showing only a visual representation of how you compare with your peers, should you ever need to share your comparative performance to external organisations without revealing potentially commercially sensitive information.
PRICE FREEZE FOR 2025 - Full subscription cost per laboratory - which includes separate reports for Chemistry, Haematology/Blood Bank, Immunology, Microbiology & Infection, and Cellular Pathology (Histopathology and Cytology) - has been fixed at the FY2023-24 cost of just £5,000 (+VAT) per laboratory. A discounted rate per laboratory is available for networks joining together, and additional network-level data summaries can be provided free of charge.
***EARLY BIRD OFFER AVAILABLE ON FULL LABORATORY SUBSCRIPTIONS UNTIL 31st MAY 2025***
Choose between either a £500 discount on a full subscription (based on full cost of £5,000) for your laboratory, or free FY2023-24 reports* when you enrol your laboratory into a full annual subscription before 31st May 2025.
*In order to receive reports for FY2023-24, some data will need to be submitted to TBP by the laboratory due to the way that our peer grouping analyses are created. Reports showing data for a comparable peer group only (ie without showing 'your' data next to them) can be created with just activity and complexity score, but laboratories can choose to provide a full dataset via our templates for a more complete report if they wish. Please contact us for further information.
If you have any questions about the programme, or would like an informal chat about how it could be of benefit to your organisation, please contact us on info@pathology.support
For further information on the way the data are presented and analysed, what the process involves, and details around the contents of the reports and the potential benefits to your organisation, please download our latest information leaflet. Please note that in-house workshop presentations are also available at the end of the process for those who wish to further engage with and better understand their data.
In order to provide the best possible indication of the types of information you would receive back from the programme, we have made a full anonymised sample report available for download. Please note that this example is taken from the programme re-build's pilot undertaken across the Midlands for Histopathology and Cytology through 2023-2024. Our reporting systems have been further developed since the pilot took place, with development work still ongoing for 2025, however this example will illustrate the types of analyses and metrics you can expect to see.
We understand that data collection requires time and resource to complete, which is why the current programme keeps the data collection to the absolute minimum possible whilst still delivering maximum value and 'bang-for-buck' in terms of report content. We are of course also on hand throughout the process to offer support and guidance. The 2023/24 Clinical Biochemistry questionnaire is available for download to allow you to assess the data collection requirements. Other disciplines have their own dedicated questionnaire in a similar format, samples of which are available on request.
Our latest subscription form is available for those who have decided to enrol their organisation into the programme. Please download and complete the form, and return it to us by email. You're also most welcome to contact us prior to subscribing for any advice, guidance, and assistance on what the process involves.