Histology Reporting
Dear Southern Health 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
Dear Mr/Ms Bauman
Thank you for your email and request for information.
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Thank you
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
Quality and Governance
6 Sterne Road
Tatchbury Mount
Calmore
Southampton
SO40 2RZ
Tel: 02380 874662
Email: [email address]
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Amanda Kimber
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Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
6 Sterne Road
Tatchbury Mount
Calmore
Southampton
SO40 2RZ
Tel 02380 874662
Email:[email address]
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Dear Mr/Ms Bauman
We are writing to advise that the Trust is in a position to respond to
your request concerning Histology Reporting.
Please find attached a copy of our response for your attention.
We would advise that this request has been handled under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.
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Foundation Trust.
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ensure you send these to the address below within 60 days of the date of
this response. We regret that we will not respond to any complaints
outside of the 60 day period.
Head of Executive Affairs
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
5-6 Sterne Road
Tatchbury Mount
Calmore
Southampton
SO40 2RZ
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any future communications.
Kind regards,
Freedom Of Information Officer
SOUTHERN HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
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