Histology Reporting

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Dear Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS 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,

K Hart

Dear K Hart
 
Thank you for your email of 2 August  2017 requesting information about
Histology Reporting.
 
Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days. 
 
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Please remember to quote the reference above in any future communications.
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
 
FoI Officer
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Eastgate House
Brockley Hill
Stanmore
Middlesex  HA4 7LP
Direct Line: 020 8909 5824
Or 020 8954 2300 x 5947
Email: [email address]
 
 
 

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Dear K Hart

 

Thank you for your FoI request.

 

Please find the Trust’s response to your request attached.

 

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National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, Brockley Hill, Stanmore,
Middlesex HA7 4LP.

 

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Yours sincerely

 

 

 

 

FoI Officer

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Eastgate House

Brockley Hill

Stanmore

Middlesex  HA4 7LP

Direct Line: 020 8909 5824

Or 020 8954 2300 x 5947

Email: [1][email address]