Buyer Name: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Buyer Address: Great Maze Pond, London, UKI44, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
Contact Name: Miranda Gordon
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Contact Telephone: 020 7101 7004
Buyer Name: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Buyer Address: Great Maze Pond, London, UKI44, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
Contact Name: Miranda Gordon
Contact Email: helpdesk@smarttogetherlondon.nhs.uk
Contact Telephone: 020 7101 7004
GSTT will lead the development of a national clinical metagenomics pilot service by deploying NHS developed laboratory, bioinformatic and clinical protocols along with Oxford Nanopore developed sequencing technology to a network of 30 NHS sites across the UK for the dual benefit of patient care and bio-surveillance.
Lot 1 Status: complete
Document Description: Not published
Contract Title: Respiratory Metagenomics Expansion Programme
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