NHSI pathology reconfiguration

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Dear East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust,

NHS Improvement wrote to the chief executives of all non-specialist acute trusts in England on or around 7th September 2017 in relation to their proposal for pathology hubs and spokes, which divided English NHS hospitals into 29 groups. Chief executives were required to reply by September 30th 2017, either agreeing to commit resources to forming a pathology hub and spoke with the other trusts defined for them by NHS improvement, or to submit an alternative proposal. In relation to this, please answer the following questions:

a. Has the chief executive of your trust written to confirm their acceptance of the proposal from NHS Improvement

b. If the answer to a) is ‘no’, do they plan to and if so by when?

c. If the answer to a) is ‘no’, has the trust submitted an alternative proposal

d. Are the trust considering (either in alignment with the NHS Improvement proposal, or as an alternative) any solutions which would involve partnerships with or outsourcing (we are excluding the sending of low volume specialist tests to these companies from the definition of outsourcing) to private sector laboratory companies (defined as companies which manage laboratories such as TDL, Sonic, HSL, synlab, Labco, Viapath, and not companies which provide equipment such as Siemens, Abbott laboratories, or Roche)

e. Have the trust, either individually, or collectively with the other trusts in its group, ruled out any form of partnership or outsourcing the management of their laboratories as defined above, for the foreseeable future.

Yours faithfully,

J Graham

FOI (EAST SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST), East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

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Kindest regards

 

 

Lindsey

 

Lindsey Lau

Corporate Governance Assistant

Corporate Affairs Directorate

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

 

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Kindest regards

 

 

Lindsey

 

Lindsey Lau

Corporate Governance Assistant

Corporate Affairs Directorate

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

 

Tel: 01323 417400 Ext 3831

Freedom of Information email address: [1][East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust request email]

Email: [2][email address]

 

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From: FOI (EAST SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST)
Sent: 03 October 2017 14:56
To: J Graham
Cc: FOI (EAST SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST)
Subject: RE: FOI 17/494 NHSI Pathology Reconfiguration

 

Dear Sir/Madam

 

I acknowledge receipt of your request under the Freedom of Information
Act.

 

Whilst the Trust will endeavour to respond to your request within the 20
working days period, if it becomes clear that it is unable to do so, I
will keep you informed of progress. 

 

Kindest regards

 

 

Lindsey

 

Lindsey Lau

Corporate Governance Assistant

Corporate Affairs Directorate

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

 

Tel: 01323 417400 Ext 3831

Freedom of Information email address: [4][East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust request email]

Email: [5][email address]

 

Please ensure all Freedom of Information related emails are sent to
[6][East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust request email]

 

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