Detailed information on use of Teleradiology Services
Dear East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust,
Did your trust outsource the reporting of diagnostic images to any tele radiology companies over the past 3 years? If so, for each company, please provide the name of the teleradiology provider along with the information below for the years fiscal years ending in March 2018, 2019 and 2020.
Amount spent on outsourced reporting in daytime and out of hours. If they are not available separately please provide the combined figure.
(GBP)
Number of reports outsourced
If a breakdown of day-time reporting is not available or utilised by the trust, please provide a comparable breakdown that is used internally. If no breakdown is available, please provide the information above by Plain radiography, CT, MRI, Nuclear medicine, PET, SPECT and Ultrasound.
Please provide details related to the procurement of the tele radiology services including:
Identification of the organisation that led the procurement process –
The start date and length of the contract
The name of the outsourcing company providing the tele radiology services (if more than 1 company provided tele radiology services to the trust, please clarify which services were provided by each)
Please provide the cost and report type of your most expensive single report in this time.
Please indicate if there have been any concerns with the service you have received.
Yours faithfully,
Jane Swift
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From 1^st July 2018, Ipswich and Colchester Hospitals merged to become
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. Therefore, unless
otherwise specified, responses are on behalf of East Suffolk and North
Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding information held by the East
Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust:
Your enquiry has been dealt with in accordance with the Trust’s Freedom of
Information Act 2000 Policy and Procedures. We are pleased to enclose the
information you requested:
1. Did your trust outsource the reporting of diagnostic images to
any tele radiology companies over the past 3 years? If so, for each
company, please provide the name of the teleradiology provider along with
the information below for the years fiscal years ending in March 2018,
2019 and 2020.
Yes - Medica
2. Amount spent on outsourced reporting in daytime and out of
hours. If they are not available separately please provide the combined
figure. (GBP)
Colchester Ipswich Total
1718 1,062,825 498,467 1,561,292
1819 1,252,041 697,010 1,949,051
1920 1,338,550 659,583 1,998,133
3. Number of reports outsourced
Colchester:
CT - 6714
MRI – 3363
Plain Film – 54948
Ipswich:
CT - 5564
MRI – 2711
Plain Film – 8031
4. Please provide details related to the procurement of the tele
radiology services including:
a. Identification of the organisation that led the procurement
process
Ipswich and Colchester Hospital
b. The start date and length of the contract
Ipswich – contract has expired, were part of NoE framework which has
finished.
Colchester - contract was for 5 years from 2014 and has been rolled over.
c. The name of the outsourcing company providing the tele radiology
services (if more than 1 company provided tele radiology services to the
trust, please clarify which services were provided by each)
Medica
5. Please provide the cost and report type of your most expensive
single report in this time.
CT Colonoscopy (Virtual) - £140
6. Please indicate if there have been any concerns with the service
you have received.
Not applicable under the Freedom of Information Act – opinion based
question
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