Histology Reporting

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Dear Great Western 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

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Sir or Madam

Please find attached an acknowledgement of your request.

Best regards
FOI Team, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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FreedomofInformation (GREAT WESTERN HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Sir or Madam

Thank you for your email dated 25 February 2020 requesting information about histology reporting.

You will understand that the Trust is currently facing unprecedented challenges in preparing the hospital and its services during the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Therefore, resources may be diverted away from usual work such as dealing with responses to Freedom of Information requests.

The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued the following guidance to public authorities: https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-an....

Therefore, I must advise you that we will endeavour to provide the information you have requested within the usual 20 working day deadline, but you may experience an understandable delay during this period.

If you have any queries, please contact me at this email address.

Best regards
Carole

Carole Sheppard
Freedom of Information Team
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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[Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust request email]
Tel: (01793) 60 5675

Great Western Hospital
Marlborough Road
Swindon
SN3 6BB

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FreedomofInformation (GREAT WESTERN HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Sir or Madam

Just to give you an update on the current situation as regards your request. Due to current exceptional circumstances at the present time we will be unable to provide the information you have requested.

Please would you let me know if you wish to keep this request open, or if you would prefer to withdraw your request and re-submit at a later date.

Many thanks

Carole Sheppard

Freedom of Information Team
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Great Western Hospital
Marlborough Road
Swindon SN3 6BB

Tel: 01793 605675
Email: [Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust request email]

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Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Sir or Madam

Please find attached the response to your request.

Please acept my apologies for the delay in providing a reesponse. As you
will appreciate there have been other priorities at present and the
Pathology team has been under pressure during this difficult time.

I hope that this information is of use to you.

Regards
Carole Sheppard, FOI Team
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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