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Recommendation 188

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Despite this, it appeared that there was a disconnect between the testing operation in the...

Conclusion
Despite this, it appeared that there was a disconnect between the testing operation in the Lighthouse Laboratories and NHS labs. For example, the Institute of Biomedical Science suggested that there was a “lack of integration and collaboration” between the laboratories providing Pillar 1 testing (NHS and PHE labs) and Pillar 2 testing (e.g. Lighthouse Labs).282 Further, Professor Martin told us that there should have been “more awareness of the end- to-end process”, pointing to one example of mismatched data systems.283 “World-beating” systems and moonshots