Internal Reference Number: FOI_7945
Date Request Received: 21/05/2024 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 17/06/2024 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Histology Reporting
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: I would like to make a request for information for financial years 21/22, 22 /23 and 23/24. please provide information relating to histology slides/ cases reported for patients of the trust. How many histology cases were reported by Consultant Histopathologists for patients treated by the Trust. If exact numbers are not available, an estimate to within 5% is acceptable, but please state whether exact numbers or estimates are given.Cytology can be excluded. | |
| Answer To Question 1: 21/22=14557 22/23=15867 23/24=16290 | |
| Question Number 2: Of these cases, how many were reported by A) Consultants employed by the trust working in their normal 蜜桃影像 programmed activity sessions B) Consultants employed by the trust being paid for additional sessions C) Consultants employed by the trust being paid an amount per slide or case for activity outside their contracted programmed activities D) Consultants employed by other trusts, where the trust contracts with these consultants or their trust E) Backlogs Limited F) Unilabs G) Source Bioscience H) Cellular Pathology Services (CPS) Limited I) Diagnexia Ltd | |
| Answer To Question 2: Please see attached To accompany this answer to question 2 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI 7945 Q2.pdf | |
| Question Number 3: What was the spend in GBP in financial years 21/22, 22 /23 and 23/24 with each of the following in relation to the reporting of histology cases A) Consultants employed by the Trust being paid for additional sessions B) Consultants employed by the Trust being paid an amount per slide or case for activity outside their contracted programmed activities C) Consultants employed by other Trusts, where the Trust contracts with these consultants privately or their Trust D) Backlogs Limited E) Unilabs F) Source Bioscience G) Cellular Pathology Services (CPS) Limited H) Diagnexia Ltd | |
| Answer To Question 3: A - Information not held B - 0 C - 0 D - 0 E - 0 F - please see attached file for total spend in the periods on LD Path and Source Bioscience. G - 0 H - 0 I - 0 To accompany this answer to question 3 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI 7945 answer.xlsx | |
| Question Number 4: Consultant staffing A) How many WTE Consultant Grade Pathologists should the Trust have in the Histology Department and B) How many does the Trust have? C) How many vacancies does the Trust currently have for consultant pathologists and in what sub-specialities are these vacancies. If 鈥済eneral鈥� please state | |
| Answer To Question 4: a) 4.5 WTE b) 5 c) 0.95 WTE | |
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