Radiology Reporting Services
Dear University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust,
Please provide, under the Freedom of Information Act, the following information:
• The names of your outsourced teleradiology providers for:
1. Out of hours, emergency reporting (overnight reporting).
2. Routine Elective Reporting.
• Please provide the annual volumes for both 2022 and for 2023 sent to each provider,
broken into the following:
o Overnight Emergency
o Routine Elective Reporting (MRI, CT)
o Plain Film Reporting
o Day time emergency reporting (1hr for example).
o Split into each hospital within the Trust
• Start date, duration and end date of any contracts with tele-radiology
providers?
• Was the contract procured via a framework (direct award), mini-tender,
or ITT procurement process?
• Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this
contract?
Yours faithfully,
Philip Rivera
Dear Philip Rivera,
Thank you for contacting the Freedom of Information (FOI) Office at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. This email confirms that we have received your correspondence.
We will now consider your request for information and reply in due course. Under the terms of the Act the Trust has 20 working days in which to respond. Your request has been assigned a reference number which has been provided in the subject heading above. Please quote this reference number in any communication about your request.
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In the interim, if we can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact us at - [UHSussex request email]
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Office
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Worthing Hospital, Lyndhurst Rd
Worthing BN11 2DH
Email: [UHSussex request email]
Website: http://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/
Dear Philip Rivera,
Please find attached the Trust’s response to your recent Freedom of
Information request (our reference FOI240677).
We hope you are happy with the processing of your request and find the
information provided helpful.
If you require clarification or if we can be of any further assistance,
please do not hesitate to contact us at: [1][UHSussex request email]
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Office
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Worthing Hospital, Lyndhurst Rd
Worthing BN11 2DH
Email: [2][UHSussex request email]
Website: [3]www.uhsussex.nhs.uk
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