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
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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
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