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million commercial deliveries worldwide and is scaling rapidly in the US with retail partners like Walmart and DoorDash. Despite this, it sees the NHS as the best possible partner to grow its healthcare operations. Wing’s Chief Business Officer, Heather Rivera, said: “We are thrilled with the success of Wing’s collaboration with Apian and the NHS in south-west London, where our dependable, lightweight drone technology is providing clear benefits to the local community.” Kate Slemeck, managing director for
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, added: “Harnessing drone technology is helping clinicians to provide more timely and effective care for patients by allowing us to deliver rapid, reliable testing on urgent samples by cuting delivery time from around 20 minutes to just over three. What once may have seemed like something from a sci-fi film is now very much a reality across our hospital sites, as drones help us to deliver faster and greener care, cuting emissions while continuing to prioritise patient safety.”
About South West London Pathology South West London Pathology is a pathology partnership between Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust which provides a single, integrated pathology service across south-west London and beyond.
www.swlpath.nhs.uk www.apian.health www.Wing.com
NHS delivery drone picks up pathology samples from the Nelson Health Centre.
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