About the Morecambe Bay Medical Shuttle project
The Morecambe Bay Medical Shuttle project is one of 17 Future Flight Challenge Phase 3 projects, looking to ascertain the potential for drones to carry pathology samples between the three hospitals around Morecambe Bay and the wider community.
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"We have the potential, through the Morecambe Bay Medical Shuttle Project to develop a blueprint for future Pathology sample networks encompassing emerging drone technologies."
Dr Chris Crockford, Project Lead
"The NHS Long Term Plan is bringing new technologies into the NHS to improve patient care and save lives."
Professor Tony Young, NHS National Clinical Lead for Innovation
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"Ultimately, the system will deploy flying drones to aid in taking inventory, regularly assessing the whereabouts of goods through sensor data, and mapping the entire facility."
Price Waterhouse Coopers,
"Delivering by drone is another extraordinary development for patients and shows how the NHS will stop at nothing to ensure people get the treatment they need as promptly as possible – while also cutting costs and carbon emissions."
Amanda Pritchard, NHS Chief Executive
