Friday 02 May 2025
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8592
Date Request Received: 15/04/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 16/04/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Trust move towards Digital Pathology for its Histology Diagnostic Services
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: We would like to make a request under the FOI Act for information spanning the financial years ending 2021 to 2025 Please provide the following information relating to the Trust move towards Digital Pathology for its Histology Diagnostic Services How many WSI (whole slide imaging) slide scanners does the Trust have installed in its Pathology Departments to digitise Histopathology slides | |
| Answer To Question 1: Two (2) | |
| Question Number 2: Please state in which year each of the scanners was purchased & Installed | |
| Answer To Question 2: 2023- 2024 | |
| Question Number 3: Please state if the method of acquisition was Capital Purchase, Lease or acquired using a Managed Service Contract. | |
| Answer To Question 3: central funding via network | |
| Question Number 4: If possible, please state the total capital amount invested by the Trust in their scanners for the periods requested | |
| Answer To Question 4: £311666 | |
| Question Number 5: Please state the brand and model of each scanner | |
| Answer To Question 5: Histech Pannoramic 1000 | |
| Question Number 6: Please state which Image Manage System (IMS) is used with the scanners | |
| Answer To Question 6: Sectra | |
| Question Number 7: Please state what percentage of diagnostic cases were digitised in the last full year | |
| Answer To Question 7: Not fully implemented | |
| Question Number 8: If not 100% were specific subspecialities digitised? | |
| Answer To Question 8: Not fully implemented | |
| Question Number 9: Do the Trust employed Histopathologists report from a Trust site or do they report from a remote site (e.g. home) or a hybrid model. Please state numbers | |
| Answer To Question 9: Onsite currently | |
| Question Number 10: Is there any plan to purchase and add to the number of scanners already installed in the Trust in the current and next financial years | |
| Answer To Question 10: No | |
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