The PathLAKE Plus Consortium started, in 2020, as a collection of 10 NHS Trusts partners, which received grant funding to deploy digital pathology and AI in their labs. The selection of the Trusts for membership was based off the following criteria:

• Geographic and/or strategic alliance to founding hubs

• Digital readiness to adopt these new technologies.

• Existing links to a genomic laboratory hub network

• Executive level support for participation

• Identification as a regional digital champion.

• A shared passion for bringing digital pathology and AI into their labs for the benefit of patients.

The Tissue Image Analytics (TIA) Centre was responsible for Work Package 7 – Delivery of AI Solutions and worked with the NHS Trust Partners to receive the data into a Data Lake for analysis. The project has been a huge success and has now had its official close down meeting.

Figure 1 – Additional features of Pathlake Plus