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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 
 
THE ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST 
 
Date Request Received: 
02 August 2017 
FOI Ref:  1913 
 
Requested Information 
 
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) 
 
2)  Of these slides/ cases how many were reported by: 
a.  Consultants employed by the trust working in their normal NHS 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 Limited  
i.  Other private histology providers (please specify which) 
 
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. 
d.  Backlogs Limited  
e. Unilabs 
 
f. Source 
Bioscience 
 
g.  Cellular Pathology Services Limited 
h.  Other private histology providers (please specify which) 
 
 
Response 
 
1)  Please refer to the table below for the number of cases and slides reported 
between April 2016 and March 2017: 
 
Total cases reported for patients 
34799 
treated by trust 
Total slides reported for patients 
146856 
treated by trust 
 
 
Angela Kaye, Information Governance Team 
V1 
Review Date: 2020 
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2)  Please refer to the table below for the method of how the cases/slides were 
reported between April 2016 and March 2017: 
 
2a 
Cases during normal NHS programmed activity 
sessions 33672 
2a 
Slides during normal NHS programmed activity 
sessions 144774 
2b 
Cases paid by additional sessions 
740 
2b 
Slides paid by additional sessions 
1417 
2c 
Consultants employed by the trust being paid an 
amount per slide or case for activity outside their 
contracted programmed activities 
n/a 
2d 
Consultants employed by other trusts, where the 
trust contracts with these consultants or their trust 
n/a 
2e Backlogs 
Limited 
n/a 
2f Unilabs 
n/a 
2g Source 
Bioscience 
n/a 
2h 
Cellular Pathology Services Limited 
n/a 
2i 
Cases paid by other private provider 
387 
2i 
Slides pad by other private provider 
665 
 
3)  Please refer to the table below for the amount spent between April 2016 and 
March 2017: 
 
3a 
Amount paid in additional sessions 
£15,948.06 
3b 
Consultants employed by the trust being paid an 
amount per slide or case for activity outside their 
contracted programmed activities 
n/a 
3c 
Consultants employed by other trusts, where the 
trust contracts with these consultants or their trust 
n/a 
3d Backlogs 
Limited 
n/a 
3e Unilabs 
n/a 
3f Source 
Bioscience 
 
n/a 
3g 
Cellular Pathology Services Limited 
n/a 
3h 
Amount paid to other private provider 
£7,840.00 
 
 
 
Attachment(s) 
None 
 
Date Response Sent: 
 
 
Angela Kaye, Information Governance Team 
V1 
Review Date: 2020 
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