K Hart
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
15 August 2017
Egerton Road
Ref: 4241 2017
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7XX
Email:
xxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx
Tel: 01483 571122
Dear Requester
Request under Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you once again for your request under the Freedom of Information Act. For ease of
reference I am attaching your original questions:
1.How many histology slides and or cases (please state whether the number given is slides
or cases or both) 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 should be excluded) 21750
cases where patient treated under the case of Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation
Trust.
2.Of these slides/ cases how many were reported by: a.Consultants employed by the trust working in their normal NHS programmed activity
sessions All
b.Consultants employed by the trust being paid for additional sessions None
c.Consultants employed by the trust being paid an amount per slide or case for activity
outside their contracted programmed activities None
d.Consultants employed by other trusts, where the trust contracts with these consultants or
their trust None
e.Backlogs Limited None
f.Unilabs None
g.Source Bioscience None
h.Cellular Pathology Services Limited i.Other private histology providers (please specify
which) None
3.How much was spent in 2016/17 with each of the following in relation to the reporting of
histology slides/ 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 or their trust d.Backlogs Limited
e.Unilabs f.Source Bioscience g.Cellular Pathology Services Limited h.Other private
histology providers (please specify which) None for all the above
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Foundation Trust and subject to Intellectual Property Database rights. Any commercial application
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Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust