THE Lighthouse Laboratory Plymouth has performed its final PCR test and is to be decommissioned after being told it was no longer needed as part of the national Covid-19 testing network.
Plymouth joined the network of Lighthouse Laboratories last March, following a major project to convert a former engineering warehouse into a high-tech lab which has been operated by University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust. This was part of a move to increase national testing capacity at a time when England began to take its take first steps out of lockdown and the team has provided continued support to the Covid response ever since.
Ann James, Chief Executive of University Hospitals Plymouth, moved to commend the dedication of everyone involved in making the Lighthouse Lab a reality: "Bringing the Lighthouse Lab Lab to Plymouth was an important step in the Covid response and I never would have quite believed that we could step up a facility and team quite so quickly. This has been delivered on the back of the dedication and commitment of so many people and really encompasses the wider UHP #1BigTeam.
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