For NHS Trusts & Pathology Departments

Workforce-ready biomedical scientists. Without rebuilding your training programme.

One enterprise platform for the whole pathology department: HCPC- and IBMS-mapped content across 12 specialties, email invitations for every member, a GDPR and DSPT compliance checklist, and a setup path built for Trust procurement, not consumer signup.

HCPC-aligned
IBMS Company Member
Buy on invoice
GDPR compliant

Start a Trust trial, or get a quote your finance team can pay against.

The 30-day trial gives your pathology team full access to all 12 specialties and 11 LIMS systems. When you're ready, request a quote from your dashboard. We issue a formal quote you can route through your usual approval chain and invoice against your purchase order.

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50 staff × £250/year individual£12,500
Department licence (Standard)£6,000
Annual saving£6,500

Information governance

Your staff are measured. Your staff are not surveilled.

Departmental training data is the kind that damages trust when it is handled carelessly. The protections below are not settings you have to configure. They are enforced in the database, for every organisation, in every tier.

Groups under 5 are withheld

Any figure drawn from fewer than 5 contributing people is withheld, and the suppression happens inside the database, not in the page you are looking at. Counts are withheld as well as averages, and the row still appears marked as withheld, so you can see that a module was worked without being able to identify who worked it.

An average cannot be one person

Medians are computed one value per member, so somebody who practises heavily cannot become the cohort figure on their own. Where a group contains only a handful of people who have not opted in, that figure is withheld too, otherwise the named rows could be subtracted from the total to infer the unnamed ones.

Named records are opt-in, by the person

Sharing an individual training record defaults to off. The only way it can be switched on is by that member of staff, from their own account settings. The identity is taken from their session, so a manager cannot grant it on their behalf, and neither can we.

Consent can always be withdrawn

Withdrawal never requires an active seat. Someone whose licence has lapsed, or who has left, can still revoke sharing. Re-granting stamps a fresh date rather than implying consent was unbroken, and every grant and withdrawal is logged.

What you will never see

Answers given, written reflections, AI coach transcripts, and anything done in another organisation are not visible to you in any tier or at any price. Beyond handling your own organisation's GDPR requests, there is no administrative route to an individual's work.

The training record

What every member of your department gets.

Not a completion percentage. A record of decisions made, mistakes repeated, and material due for revision: the things a training officer actually needs in a one-to-one.

One record across the simulators and the laboratories

Simulator attempts, laboratory workspaces and the revision schedule resolve into a single record rather than three. Practice-test results stay with the dashboards that own them, on purpose: the same figure is never computed twice in two places, so two screens cannot end up disagreeing about the same person.

Measured on the first attempt

Improvement is plotted from the first attempt at each scenario. Retaking something until it passes does not move the line, which is what makes the line worth reading.

Scheduled revision, not reminders

Spaced repetition schedules each scenario by how well it went, surfaces what is due and what is overdue, and flags the material that keeps slipping back rather than the material last touched.

Release decisions scored against the rules

In the eight laboratories that run an autoverification rulebook, the release or hold decision is compared with the rules for that same patient, and disagreements are recorded by direction, releasing something that should have been held is a different error from holding something that could have gone out, and only the first one reaches a patient.

Recurring mistakes, named in English

Errors seen more than once are named as sentences a person can act on, not as codes, and a mistake made once is not held against anyone.

Evidence they can hand over

HCPC Standards of Proficiency coverage, IBMS Registration Training Portfolio mapping, and exports as PDF, CSV, JSON or plain text. The training record export carries assessor and authorised-by columns against ISO 15189:2022 Cl. 6.2, and records the method as self-assessment.

Reporting

What you can see, and what you cannot.

Aggregate, always

Active seats, how many people are active and how many have gone quiet, recorded learning time, module coverage against the HCPC standards, and performance by specialty, as cohort figures, with anything under 5 contributors withheld. Exportable as CSV, where withheld cells are written as "withheld" rather than left blank.

Your membership list, always

Who holds a seat, their role, their status and when they joined: the administrative facts you need to manage a licence. No performance data attaches to this list.

Named performance, only on consent

A named individual record appears only for people who have switched sharing on themselves. Everyone else shows in your list as not shared, and their work reaches you only inside the aggregate.

What this platform will not tell you

Deliberate omissions. Each one exists because the alternative would produce a number that looks like a measurement and is not one.

  • No ranking of your people against each other. There is no leaderboard anywhere in the product, for anyone.
  • No trend line drawn through fewer than three weeks of work, and no skills radar under three specialties.
  • No readiness score or recommended band until an assessment has actually been sat.
  • No score invented when a query fails. A failed read is shown as a failure, never as a zero.
  • Nothing a learner has not started is drawn as 0%. Not started and scored badly are different states.
  • Every export (PDF, CSV, JSON and plain text) is captioned as self-assessed simulation activity, not a competence authorisation.

At a glance

What your department gets, in plain English.

Two consolidated rows, what the platform contains and what it does for your team, instead of the marketing card-walls Trust IT and procurement are tired of reading.

270+
Virtual lab modules
across 11 virtual lab suites
11
LIMS systems
NHS workflow-compliant
Bands 2-8
Career coverage
support to specialist BMS
4,000+
Practice questions
HCPC- and IBMS-aligned

Progress analytics

Cohort-level tracking across your members and specialties, refreshed on demand, with module coverage mapped to HCPC standards. Individual training records only where a learner opts in to share theirs.

AI interview coach

Mock interviews mapped to the NHS Knowledge & Skills Framework, with structured feedback for Band 5 → Band 6 → Band 7 progression conversations.

NHS-compliant LIMS training

11 LIMS systems and 270+ virtual lab modules modelled on the workflows your Trust actually runs: Haematology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Histology, Transfusion and more.

Sign-in that fits your organisation

Members join by email invitation and set a password. Universities in the UK Access Management Federation can enable institutional sign-in themselves; single sign-on to your own identity provider is arranged with us on request.

Cohort analytics

Aggregate cohort dashboards by module and specialty, with small groups suppressed so individuals cannot be identified. Named individual records appear only for staff who have opted in to share theirs.

Bulk user management

Invite dozens of accounts at once by email, manage role changes during rotations, all without raising a service request to a vendor.

Ready to see it inside your Trust?

A 30-day trial with full platform access and no credit card.

Who this is for

Pick your seat. We've shortened your next step.

Each role in a Trust procurement journey has a different first question. These tabs give you the answer for yours, and one click to the next step.

Pathology Director / Lab Manager

You need to see workforce competence on a single dashboard, evidence Band 4-8 progression for KSF reviews, and produce audit-ready training records when the IBMS or HCPC visits.

  • Department-wide analytics across 12 specialties.
  • HCPC- and IBMS-mapped competency reporting.
  • 30-day trial with your real cohort, no card.

Compliance & integration

The compliance posture your IG team is going to ask about.

We've mapped what we actually support, verifiable from our hosting, our data processing agreement and the procurement documents we generate, against the standards Trust IG officers review when onboarding a new platform.

Requirement / StandardPlatform support
HCPC Standards of Proficiency for BMSContent mapped across the 15 SOPs published Sept 2023.
IBMS curriculum & Specialist PortfolioAligned content, plus training modules mapped to the HCPC Standards of Proficiency that the Registration Training Portfolio evidences.
Staff sign-inEmail invitation with password sign-in. SAML 2.0 single sign-on to your own identity provider arranged on request.
GDPR / UK DPA 2018Primary data hosted in the UK (AWS London via Supabase); data processing agreement provided and the sub-processor register published at /legal/sub-processors.
NHS Data Security & Protection ToolkitThe generated compliance checklist covers the DSPT-relevant points, and we complete your Trust's DSPT supplier questions with you.
ISO 15189:2022 alignmentQuality-management content available for QM and accreditation training modules.
Accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA)Targeted compliance level across all platform UI.

For supporting documents (business case, technical specification, compliance checklist, vendor assessment framework, implementation plan, contract terms), use the procurement document generator below. SAML metadata and our data processing agreement are available on request.

Enterprise pricing

One annual licence per organisation. The full platform on every plan.

Every tier includes the full platform. You're choosing user-seat capacity and the level of onboarding support that fits your department size, not unlocking features.

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Starter

£3,000/year, excl. VAT

Small Departments & Training Providers

52% less than 25 individual yearly subscriptions
  • Up to 25 users
  • Comprehensive biomedical science question banks
  • AI Interview Coach with personalised feedback
  • Essential LIMS simulation features
  • Virtual laboratory simulations
  • NHS Band 2-8 interview preparation
  • Individual progress tracking (learner opt-in)
  • Email invitations for members; UK Federation single sign-on where your institution is a member
  • Email support
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Standard

£6,000/year, excl. VAT

NHS Pathology Departments

52% less than 50 individual yearly subscriptions
  • Up to 50 users
  • Everything in Starter plus:
  • Advanced LIMS simulation across all specialties
  • Cohort analytics dashboard
  • Bulk user management tools
  • Priority email support
  • Implementation guidance
  • 30-day trial period
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Professional

£9,500/year, excl. VAT

Large Teaching Hospitals

62% less than 100 individual yearly subscriptions
  • Up to 100 users
  • Everything in Standard plus:
  • Organisation-wide usage analytics
  • Data export (CSV) for your own records
  • Priority support
  • Training workshops available
  • 30-day trial period
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Enterprise

£15,000/year, excl. VAT

NHS Trusts & Large Healthcare Networks

70% less than 200 individual yearly subscriptions
  • Up to 200 users
  • Everything in Professional plus:
  • Single sign-on to your own identity provider, arranged on request
  • Your own documents and question banks for members
  • Multi-department rollout support
  • Named contact for onboarding and support
  • Onboarding and training sessions (remote, or on-site by arrangement)
  • 30-day trial period

All plans include the full platform, the GDPR and DSPT compliance checklist, and procurement document generator access.

Side-by-side tier comparison

What's included where: a quick scan for the buyer who hates reading 4 cards.

TierUsersAnalyticsSign-inSupportTrial
Starter (£3,000 a year, excl. VAT)Up to 25Individual progress (opt-in)Email invitations · SSO to your own identity provider on requestEmail30 days
Standard (£6,000 a year, excl. VAT)Up to 50Cohort dashboardEmail invitations · SSO to your own identity provider on requestPriority email30 days
Professional (£9,500 a year, excl. VAT)Up to 100Cohort dashboardEmail invitations · SSO to your own identity provider on requestPriority email30 days
Enterprise (£15,000 a year, excl. VAT)Up to 200Individual progress (opt-in)Email invitations · SSO to your own identity provider on requestPriority email + named onboarding contact30 days

Pricing FAQs

How does pricing scale with user count? Annual vs multi-year?
Four tiers from 25 to 200 users (£3,000, £6,000, £9,500 and £15,000 a year, excluding VAT), one annual licence per Trust on invoice. Each year is quoted and invoiced separately, which keeps each contract within the usual single-quote thresholds; if you need more than 200 users, request a tailored quote from the dashboard.
Can we tier up or down mid-year?
Yes. To move up a tier, your admin requests a quote for the larger plan from the Subscription tab and raises a purchase order against it; the new licence runs for a year from approval and replaces the current one. Moving down takes effect at renewal. We do not cut access mid-year while an upgrade is being arranged.
What NHS framework agreements can we procure through?
We can supply directly via Trust purchase order. Our procurement document generator produces a business case template, technical specification, vendor assessment framework, implementation plan, contract terms template, and compliance checklist, all pre-populated with our platform details. Where a specific framework is mandated, we will work with your procurement team on the route. Contact [email protected] to discuss.
What's the trial → conversion process?
Start with a 30-day trial with full platform access. Towards the end of the trial, your admin requests a quote from the organisation dashboard; you raise a Trust purchase order against it and we issue an invoice payable by bank transfer. No automatic conversion and no card required. You decide.

ROI calculator

Calculate your exact savings.

The calculator compares your current spend on (a) individual CPD subscriptions, (b) external training days, and (c) locum/agency cover during training, against the annual Trust licence.

Inputs are illustrative and use NHS-published Band 5/6 salary ranges plus typical training-day costs. Your finance team will want to overlay your own locum framework rates before finalising business-case figures.

Setup & rollout

From signed contract to first cohort live, in four weeks.

Most of the time isn't us. It's your IG sign-off and internal approvals. We've built the procurement pack so those steps are days, not months.

  1. 1

    Account + docs

    Week 1

    Trust admin signs up and generates the six procurement documents from the generator.

  2. 2

    IG sign-off

    Week 2

    Your IG and procurement teams review our data processing agreement and compliance checklist; we answer questions directly.

  3. 3

    Team invited

    Week 3

    Staff invited by email in bulk; first admin trained.

  4. 4

    Cohort live

    Week 4

    First cohort of biomedical scientists onboarded and using the platform.

  5. Q1

    Report & iterate

    Quarter 1

    Your admins review cohort analytics, module coverage and renewal planning from the organisation dashboard.

Setup & integration FAQs

Does the platform support our NHS SAML / UK Federation SSO?
If your organisation is a member of the UK Access Management Federation, yes: our service provider (https://pathologylabtraining.co.uk/saml/sp) is registered in the federation trust fabric and your admin enables it from the organisation dashboard. Most NHS Trusts are not federation members; they invite staff by email today, and single sign-on to the Trust's own identity provider (for example Microsoft Entra ID) is arranged with us on request rather than self-serve.
Is data hosted in the UK? Will any PHI/PII be shared with AI vendors?
Customer data is stored in the UK (Supabase on AWS London); the providers that process data elsewhere, and the transfer tool for each, are listed at /legal/sub-processors. The platform is used for training and assessment, so it does not handle patient-identifiable data by design. When a learner uses an AI feature (interview coach, result interpretation), the text they type is sent to Google's Gemini API (Groq as a fallback) without their name, email or account identifier; Google does not use it to train its models on the paid tier we use. No patient data is processed.
Is content mapped to HCPC Standards of Proficiency and the IBMS Specialist Portfolio?
Yes. Content is mapped against the 15 HCPC Standards of Proficiency for Biomedical Scientists (Sept 2023 edition) and aligned to the IBMS Registration Training Portfolio and Specialist Portfolio competency frameworks.
What reporting do organisation admins get?
A cohort report covering module coverage against the HCPC Standards of Proficiency, practice-test performance by specialty, and recorded learning time, exportable as CSV. Figures are aggregate: groups smaller than five contributors are withheld so individuals cannot be identified. A named individual record is shown only where that member has opted in from their own account settings, and they can withdraw at any time. Each member can also export their own record themselves for a portfolio entry.

Procurement documents

Documents your committee already knows how to read.

Six pre-populated documents, one for each reviewer in the typical Trust onboarding flow:

  • • Business case: budget holder
  • • Technical specification: IT
  • • Compliance checklist: Information Governance
  • • Vendor assessment framework: Procurement
  • • Implementation plan: training lead
  • • Contract terms template: Procurement and legal

If your Trust uses its own DPIA or security questionnaire, send it to us and we will complete it with you.

Procurement FAQs

What procurement documentation do you provide?
The procurement document generator on this page produces six documents pre-populated with our platform details (business case, technical specification, vendor assessment framework, implementation plan, contract terms template, and compliance checklist) so your IG / IT / Procurement teams can review rather than start from scratch. If your Trust uses its own DPIA or security questionnaire templates, email them to [email protected] and we will complete them with you.
Are you registered on the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT)?
The procurement document generator produces a compliance checklist covering the DSPT-relevant points, and we complete your Trust's DSPT supplier questions with you. If your Trust requires a supplier to hold its own DSPT status, ask us for the current position before procurement starts.
What's the rollout timeline from contract to first user?
Typically 2-4 weeks for a Trust deployment: Week 1 account and procurement documents, Week 2 IG sign-off, Week 3 member invitations and an admin walkthrough, Week 4 first cohort live. Faster is possible if your IG process is already familiar with platform vendors.
What happens to our data if we don't renew?
Before access ends, course leads can export the cohort report as CSV, and each member can export their own record from their account at any time. Individual records are only ever included where that member has chosen to share them with you. When the licence ends, members lose the institutional entitlement but their own accounts and records stay theirs. Your organisation record, memberships, invitations, custom questions and cohort data are removed when you instruct us in writing; the removal is a logged step in our audit trail and we confirm it to you. Nothing is deleted automatically at licence end, so you choose the timing.
What support do we get during and after onboarding?
Starter includes email support. Standard adds priority email support and implementation guidance. Professional keeps priority support and adds training workshops by arrangement. Enterprise adds a named contact for onboarding and support, with onboarding and training sessions (remote, or on-site by arrangement).

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NHS Trusts

Pathology departments and Trust-wide deployment. SAML SSO, DSPT compliance checklist, 25–200 biomedical scientists.

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Private training companies and awarding bodies delivering biomedical-science CPD under their own brand.

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