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Leeds Teaching Hospitals becomes the first in a collaboration of NHS trusts to go live with the Sectra picture archiving and communication system, allowing pathology images to be interrogated by professionals electronically from various devices.
The programme is part of a £17 million partnership between the NHS and academia and funded by UK Research and Innovation and industry partners to connect pathology services across the region using technology.
Trusts to follow Leeds will include Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS FT, Harrogate and District NHS FT, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS FT, The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS trust, and Airedale NHS FT.
WHY IT MATTERS
No new deaths have been seen in Bradford today NO new Covid-19 deaths have been recorded in hospitals in the Bradford district today. Bradford Teaching Hospitals, Bradford District Care and Airedale NHS Foundation Trusts saw no new deaths, leaving the district s total at 588. The number of deaths at Bradford Teaching Hospitals remains 411, at Airedale it has stayed at 175, and Bradford District Care Trust has still seen just two fatalities. Nationally, there have been a further 289 fatalities, taking the total number to 43,537. Elsewhere in West Yorkshire, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has seen a further five deaths today taking the total to 622, and Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust has also seen five new fatalities, rising to 618.
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