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Radiology reporting suppliers and conflicts of interest

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Dear Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust,

1. How many radiology consultants had a substantive contract with the authority as at 28th February 2022.

2. During the period 1st April 2021 to 28th February 2022, how much did the authority spend, in addition to the salaries of substantive consultants, on the reporting of radiology cases, within the following categories of spend:
d) Payments for locum radiologists
e) Additional payments to substantive radiologists employed by the authority for work in addition to their contracted programmed activities (PAs)
f) Payments to companies who provide a radiology reporting service

3. During the period 1st April 2021 to 28th February 2022, how much did the authority spend with each of the following suppliers for the reporting of radiology cases:
a) TMC, Telemedicine Clinic, or Unilabs
b) Everlight
c) Radiology Reporting Online
d) 4Ways Healthcare
e) Medica
f) DMC, Dulwich Medical Centre
g) Inhealth
h) Alliance Healthcare

4. How do the authority manage the potential conflict of interest which arises when substantive radiology consultants employed by the authority are involved in purchasing reporting services from the above mentioned suppliers, and are also paid by these suppliers to provide reporting services outside their contracted NHS hours. For example, company X suggests to consultant Y, employed by Trust Z, that if consultant Y gives company X a contract to provide reporting services to Trust Z, that company X may employ consultant Y to undertake reporting work through company X for Trusts A, B, C. Please indicate which of the following apply:
a) The Authority doesn’t recognise this as a risk.
b) The authority recognises this as a risk, but doesn’t take steps to manage this risk.
c) The authority recognises this as a risk and requires all substantive consultants to declare any conflicts of interest.
d) The authority recognises this as a risk and requires all substantive consultants to declare any conflicts of interest, and requires these consultants to disclose the source of all income in addition to their NHS salary.
e) The authority recognises this as a risk and requires all substantive consultants to declare any conflicts of interest.
f) The authority recognises this as a risk, and takes other steps to manage this risk – please explain.

Yours faithfully,

Kurt Kudra

FOI (R0A) Manchester University NHS FT, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Mr Kudra,

We are writing to acknowledge receipt of your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Your request has been assigned the following reference number FOI 251-22 and we would be grateful if you could quote this reference number in any future correspondence relating to your request.

The Trust is experiencing unprecedented delays in many areas of our business due to the recovery from the pandemic and resources may be diverted away from usual compliance or information governance work. Whilst we will endeavour to respond to your request within the statutory time period, regrettably it may not always be possible to do so. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, however we do remain committed to responding to your request and will do so as soon as we are able.

We will endeavour to respond to your request at the earliest opportunity, subject to the following constraints:-

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 defines a number of exemptions, which may prevent the release of the information you have requested. If any of the exemption categories apply, the information will not be released to you and we will advise you accordingly, including your rights of appeal.

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner at:-
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If you require any further information regarding your request please do not hesitate to contact us.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Team
Informatics

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
3rd Floor, Cobbett House
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9WL

T: 0161 701 0375
E: [MFT request email]

www.mft.nhs.uk

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Dear Mr Kudra,

Please see attached the 2 individual FOIs the Trust has received from Mr Kudra regarding reporting suppliers. These are referenced as 230-22, and 251-22.

Freedom of Information guidance states that multiple requests received within 60 consecutive working days with the same or similar topic and from one person or company can be aggregated, with regards to the cost of compliance.

The Trust is therefore aggregating the above mentioned 2 requests and will be responding accordingly.

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you wish to.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Team
Informatics

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
3rd Floor, Cobbett House
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9WL

T: 0161 701 0375
E: [MFT request email]

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Dear Mr Kudra,  

 

Please find attached the response to your recent FOI request.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

FOI Team

Informatics

  

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

3^rd Floor, Cobbett House

Oxford Road

Manchester

M13 9WL

 

T: 0161 701 0375

E: [1][MFT request email]

 

 

[2]www.mft.nhs.uk

 

 

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