GP direct access pathology prices

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Dear NHS Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group,

Please advise whether you currently pay for GP direct access pathology:
- on a block contract basis; or,
- an average price per test overall; or,
- an average price per test by specialty (eg £x for chemistry, £y for microbiology); or,
- a specific price per test.

If the latter, please advise the price currently paid for each of the following tests:

Full blood count
U&E profile*
Liver function test profile*
Parathyroid hormone
Ferritin, or TSAT
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen
Hepatitis C
HIV
Aluminium
Cholesterol
HBa1c
Folate deficiency
Vitamin B12
Vitamin D
Blood culture
IV antibiotic tests

* if parameters priced separately:
Urea
Electrolytes
Creatinine
Bicarbonate
Calcium
Phosphate
Alkaline Phosphatase
Albumin

Yours faithfully,

hugh risebrow

FOI Calderdale, NHS Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group

Dear Hugh

FOI Ref: 1617115

Thank you for your application for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 received on 14th September 2016.

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Andrew O’Connor

Andrew O’Connor
Corporate Governance Officer
NHS Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group 
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FOI Calderdale, NHS Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group

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Dear Hugh

Please find attached NHS Calderdale CCGs response to your Freedom of Information request.

Kind regards

Andrew O’Connor

Andrew O’Connor
Corporate Governance Officer
NHS Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group 
5th Floor, F Mill, Dean Clough, Halifax HX3 5AX

5 Email: Andrew.O’[email address]
CTel:      01422 307438
 Fax:     01422 281301

                                                                
NHS CALDERDALE CCG DISCLAIMER
This is an email from Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). This message and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient any reading, printing, storage, disclosure, copying or any other action taken in respect of the e-mail is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by using the reply function and then delete what you have received. Calderdale CCG accepts no responsibility for any changes made to this message after the original author has sent it. The views or opinions contained herein do not necessarily represent the views of Calderdale CCG. This e-mail or any of its attachments may contain data that falls within the scope of the Data Protection Acts and the Freedom of Information Act. You must ensure that any handling or processing of such data by you is fully compliant with the terms and provisions of the Data Protection Act 1984 and 1998 and Freedom of Information Act 2000.

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