Date 01/09/2017
Our reference: FOIRQ4024
Dear Sir/Madam,
On behalf of the Trust, the FOI team would like to apologise for the delay in
responding to your request for information.
Please find below the information you requested under the Freedom of Information
Act.
Your Request:
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. Backlogs Limited
e. Unilabs
f. Source Bioscience
g. Cellular Pathology Services Limited
h. Other private histology providers (please specify which)
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Our Response:
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)
A. Exact no. of cases 2016/2017 = 3927
2. Of these slides/ cases how many were reported by:
a) Consultants employed by the trust working in their normal NHS
programmed activity sessions
A. 3927
b) Consultants employed by the trust being paid for additional sessions
A. 0
c) Consultants employed by the trust being paid an amount per slide or case
for activity outside their contracted programmed activities
A. 0
d) Consultants employed by other trusts, where the trust contracts with these
consultants or their trust
A. 0
e) Backlogs Limited
A. 0
f) Unilabs
A. 0
g) Source Bioscience
A. 0
h) Cellular Pathology Services Limited
A. 0
i) Other private histology providers (please specify which)
A. 0
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
A. £0
b) Consultants employed by the trust being paid an amount per slide or case for
activity outside their contracted programmed activities
A. £0
c) Consultants employed by other trusts, where the trust contracts with these
consultants or their trust
A. £0
d) Backlogs Limited
A. £0
e) Unilabs
A. £0
f) Source Bioscience
A. £0
g) Cellular
A. £0
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I trust that the information provided is sufficient and helps to answer any concerns,
questions or issues you may have.
If you should have any further queries related to this request, please do not hesitate
to contact me. Please ensure that the above reference number is quoted on any
correspondence.
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Trust copyright. You may re-use this Great Ormond
Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust copyright information in
accordance with the Open Government Licence:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-
licence/version/2/ (Please note that re-use of personal data is not allowed under this license.)
For information which is not Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS
Foundation Trust copyright, e.g. external websites, please contact the named party
directly.
Yours sincerely
FOI Team
Email:
xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
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Your rights
If you are not satisfied with the response to your request for information, please do
not hesitate to contact the member of the FOI team whose name appears on the
response letter. Please quote your reference number on any correspondence.
You can also write to the Head of Clinical Governance & Safety at the following
address:
Clinical Governance & Safety team
Great Ormond Street Hospital
LONDON
WC1N 3JH
If you are still not satisfied with your response, you also have the right to appeal to
the Information Commissioner.
You can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office at the following address:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
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