Histology Reporting

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Dear Torbay and South Devon 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

TSDFT, Foi (TORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Email: [Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust request email]
Our Ref: FOI00409

Dear Mr Bauman

Request for Information

Thank you for your request for information regarding histopathology. Your request was received on 25/02/2020 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

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TSDFT, Foi (TORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

 

Email:                  [Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust request email]

Our Ref:              FOI0409

 

Dear Mr Bauman

 

Request for Information

 

I am writing to confirm that we have now completed our search for the
information you requested on 2020-02-25 in relation to histopathology. We
are able to provide the following 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
included separately.

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  | Histology Cases| Cytology Non Gynae Cases|
|---------------+-------------------------+------------------------------|
|2018 | 17593| 875|
|---------------+-------------------------+------------------------------|
|2019 | 17717| 911|
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

 2. Of these slides/ cases how many were reported by:

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  | 2018| 2019|
|-------------------------------+--------------------+-------------------|
|a.                   | 11387 H+C cases of| 8383 H+C cases of|
|Consultants employed by the | total 18468| total 18628|
|trust working in their normal | | |
|NHS programmed activity | by approximately| by approximately|
|sessions |3.083 consultants (5|2.25 consultants (5|
| | budgeted)| budgeted)|
|-------------------------------+--------------------+-------------------|
|b.                   | 6697| 10245|
|Consultants employed by the | | |
|trust being paid for additional| | |
|sessions | | |
|-------------------------------+--------------------+-------------------|
|c.                   | Nil| Nil|
|Consultants employed by the | | |
|trust being paid an amount per | | |
|slide or case for activity | | |
|outside their contracted | | |
|programmed activities | | |
|-------------------------------+--------------------+-------------------|
|d.                   | Nil| Nil|
|Consultants employed by other | | |
|trusts, where the trust | | |
|contracts with these | | |
|consultants or their trust | | |
|-------------------------------+--------------------+-------------------|
|e.                   Backlogs | 384| 252|
|Limited | | |
|-------------------------------+--------------------+-------------------|
|f.                    Unilabs | Nil| Nil|
|-------------------------------+--------------------+-------------------|
|g.                   Source | Nil| Nil|
|Bioscience | | |
|-------------------------------+--------------------+-------------------|
|h.                   Cellular | Nil| Nil|
|Pathology Services Limited | | |
|-------------------------------+--------------------+-------------------|
|i.                     Other | Nil| Nil|
|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
£351,019
 b. Consultants employed by the trust being paid an amount per slide
or case for activity outside their contracted programmed
activities
None
 c. Consultants employed by other trusts, where the trust contracts
with these consultants or their trust
None
 d. Backlogs Limited
£13,440
 e. Unilabs
None
 f. Source Bioscience
None
 g. Cellular Pathology Services Limited
None
 h. Other private histology providers (please specify which)
None

 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
£424,569
 b. Consultants employed by the trust being paid an amount per slide
or case for activity outside their contracted programmed
activities
None
 c. Consultants employed by other trusts, where the trust contracts
with these consultants or their trust
None
 d. Backlogs Limited
£8,820
 e. Unilabs
None
 f. Source Bioscience
None
 g. Cellular Pathology Services Limited
None
 h. Other private histology providers (please specify which)
None

 

 

We are unable to provide all the information you requested and are
refusing part of your request for information and applying an exemption
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

 

We can apply the section 38 exemption if complying with the request would
or would be likely to endanger anyone’s physical or mental health or
safety. In deciding whether we can apply this exemption, we have used the
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Yours sincerely,

 

Freedom of Information Team

 

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