Histology Reporting

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Dear Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
I would like to make a request for information for the financial year 2018/19 and 2019/2020 please provide information relating to histology slides/ cases reported for patients of the trust.

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 included separately.

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 2018/19 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)

4.How much was spent in 2019/20 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)

Yours faithfully,
A Bauman

Publicationschemeofficer (BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dear A Bauman,

Thank you for your information request which will be processed under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We will aim to provide you with the requested information within the 20 working days following receipt.The reference is FOI 03618

Kind regards
Steve

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Whinney Heys Road | Blackpool | Lancashire | FY3 8NR

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Publicationschemeofficer (BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear A Bauman,

Please accept my apologies for the delay in replying and find attached our response to your recent FOI request.

Kind regards

Steve

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Whinney Heys Road | Blackpool | Lancashire | FY3 8NR

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