Governance of the Pathology Catalogue

Gifford Batstone

Three Stages of Governance

• Initial Deployment• Rationalisation – duplicates and outdated tests

to be deprecated• Addition of novel tests

National PathologyCatalogue

Information Standards

Board

NLOPs

LSPs

Trust/Network Lab(s)

Deployment

National Pathology Catalogue

Governance Board Updating and Maintenance

Selection

LocalGovernance

Process

Approval

UsersLabsLSPNLOP

Current Local Test Catalogue – Additional

Tests

Strict use of National EditorialRules

Fast Track Process

National PathologyCatalogue

Information Standards

Board

NLOPs

LSPs

Trust/Network Lab(s)

Deployment

National Pathology Catalogue

Governance Board Deprecation of Tests

Selection

LocalGovernance

Process

Approval

Harmony Project

Evidence of Value

Criteria for Inclusion of Tests

National PathologyCatalogue

Information Standards

Board

NLOPs

LSPs

Trust/Network Lab(s)

Deployment

National Pathology Catalogue

Governance Board Updating and Maintenance

Selection

LocalGovernance

Process

Approval

Research Evidence

Reagent/InstrumentManufacturers

Criteria for Inclusion

NLHData mining

Novel Assay

Criteria for Inclusion

National PathologyCatalogue

GovernanceApproval

SNOMEDCoding

Deployment

FinalApproval

Catalogue

Formulary

Test List

Plus SNOMED

Plus Harmonisation

Plus indications for use

Plus interpretive assistance

Plus links to scientific data

Plus links to data sets

Horizon Scanning

Links to HRGs, Commissioning etc

Criteria forInclusion

Catalogue Governance• Ownership of the catalogue – NHS• Rules for deployment• Gaining Information Standards Board approval• Agreeing a host for the governance process of the

catalogue via a National Pathology Catalogue Governance Board

• IT professional input to catalogue maintenance • A process for professional and academic review of

proposed additions – standards for inclusion in the catalogue

• Accountability of governance to the owner of the catalogue.