Histology Reporting

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Dear Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation 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 excluded)

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 2016/17 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,

F Shipman

FOI, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

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FOI, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Dear F Shipman,

 

Below is the response to your request submitted to this Trust under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000. We hope that this is information is
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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
excluded) 27,529 during 2016, total number of specimens  40,458. These
generated 80,117 blocks and circa 108K slides.

 

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) Number of cases
outsourced was 612 to Source Bioscience. Bowel screening cases outsourced
to First Source Bioscience but are now undertaken by Wexham Park.

 

3.How much was spent in 2016/17 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) All in
house cases reported by consultants employed by trust who are paid by PA
sessions.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Freedom Of Information Team

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Tel: 0118 322 6743/7405

Email: [1][Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust request email]

 

Guidance from The Information Commissioner’s Office can be found here
link<[2]https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/offici...>.

 

If your request is not a Freedom of Information request and is more urgent
please contact the main switchboard on 0118 322 5111

 

Disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
As we are a public authority all the written material we hold, including
any correspondence you send to us, may be considered for release following
a request to us under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 unless the
information is exempt.

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