Pathology reconfiguration

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Dear The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust,

I understand that you are one of five NHS acute Trusts in The Black Country who plan to build a major extension to the pathology lab on the Wolverhampton Hospital site, whilst retaining some urgent testing at the hospital sites. Please provide the following information:
- The amount of capital investment required to build and equip the new laboratory
- When construction work will commence on this laboratory
- A list of alternative options considered
- A summary of consultation with patients and GPs affected
- Any assessment of the impact on the time from blood being taken from a patient to results being available to doctors. The average travel time must be longer and the average time must increase.
- Any lessons learned from other NHS hub labs, such as the ones in East Anglia which are considered to have failed.
- Whether a model was considered which distributed different specialist tests across different sites, and maintained high volume blood science testing at all hospital sites. There is emerging evidence that this provides a lower cost and more resilient model, without the need to invest in building a new laboratory.

Yours faithfully,

tom jones

COLE, Sophie (SHREWSBURY AND TELFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST), The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

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Dear Mr Jones,

 

Thank you for your request for information.

 

The Trust acknowledges your request and it is being processed as a new
request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will
let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you if necessary and you
will be required to pay before I will proceed to deal with your
request.                                                                            

                                                                  

Please find attached a briefing which explains:

 

o your rights to request a review by the Trust or to complain to the
Information Commissioner’s Office if you are not satisfied with the
response from the Trust,
o an outline of the Trust’s policy on the Reuse of Public Sector
Information

 

If you have any queries regarding this email, please contact me and quote
the reference number above in any future correspondence.

 

 

Kind regards,

Sophie Cole

 

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Hospital NHS Trust | Royal
Shrewsbury Hospital | Mytton Oak
Road | Shrewsbury | Shropshire |
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Telephone 01743 261087

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COLE, Sophie (SHREWSBURY AND TELFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST), The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

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Dear Mr Jones,

 

Thank you for your FOI request sent on 9^th November 2018. You asked:

 

 

I understand that you are one of five NHS acute Trusts in The Black
Country who plan to build a major extension to the pathology lab on the
Wolverhampton Hospital site, whilst retaining some urgent testing at the
hospital sites. 

 

Please provide the following information:

-           The amount of capital investment required to build and equip
the new laboratory

-           When construction work will commence on this laboratory

-           A list of alternative options considered

-           A summary of consultation with patients and GPs affected

-           Any assessment of the impact on the time from blood being
taken from a patient to results being available to doctors.  The average
travel time must be longer and the average time must increase.

 

-           Any lessons learned from other NHS hub labs, such as the ones
in East Anglia which are considered to have failed.

 

-           Whether a model was considered which distributed different
specialist tests across different sites, and maintained high volume blood
science testing at all hospital sites.   There is emerging evidence that
this provides a lower cost and more resilient model, without the need to
invest in building a new laboratory.

 

 

Under Section 1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I can
confirm that The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust holds
information that falls within the definition in your request. The Trust is
not currently a partner within this network and has no plans for Pathology
reconfiguration.

 

Please also find attached a briefing which explains your rights to request
a review by the Trust or to complain to the Information Commissioner’s
Office if you are not satisfied with the response from the Trust, and an
outline of the Trust’s policy on the Reuse of Public Sector Information.

 

If you have any queries regarding this email, please contact the Freedom
of Information Officer via [1][The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust request email] and quote the reference
number above in any future correspondence. If you would like to give
feedback please visit [2]https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DXTP8QQ for our
short questionnaire.

 

Kind regards,

Sophie Cole

 

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Suite 2, Stretton House|

The Shrewsbury and Telford
Hospital NHS Trust | Royal
Shrewsbury Hospital | Mytton Oak
Road | Shrewsbury | Shropshire |
SY3 8XQ

 

Telephone 01743 261087

Email [4][email address]

FOI email [5][The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust request email]

 

 

 

 

This message may contain confidential information. If you are not the
intended recipient please inform the sender that you have received the
message in error before deleting it. Please do not disclose, copy or
distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in relation to
its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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