Table 1.

Distribution of sample types requested by the laboratories, registering for each of the four schemes

	Run 1 2014–15 (n=86)	Run 2 2014–15 (n=91)	Run 1 2015–16 (n=101)	Run 2 2015–16 (n=120)
Mounted FFPE section only	34 (40%)	34 (37%)	37 (37%)	46 (38%)
Rolled section plus mounted FFPE section	36 (42%)	40 (44%)	46 (46%)	53 (44%)
Rolled section only	16 (19%)	17 (19%)	18 (18%)	21 (18%)

For each run, not every laboratory requesting material went on to complete their submission

FFPE, formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded.