FOI_8748

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8748

Date Request Received: 04/07/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 09/07/2025 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Histopathology Clustering

Request Category: Private Individuals


Question Number 1: Under the Freedom of Information Act (2000), please disclose the following regarding the Trust(s) histopathology departments(s): Is your histopathology department part of a cluster/consolidated network?

Answer To Question 1: The Trust histopathology department are part of a collaborative network, but no consolidation as yet.

Question Number 2: If yes to question 1, please list the other hospitals in this network and the associated Trust(s)

Answer To Question 2: Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Dorset trusts.

Question Number 3: What is the central/hub hospital in your network?

Answer To Question 3: No hub or hubs agreed yet.

Question Number 4: When did the process of consolidation begin?

Answer To Question 4: Collaboration began 2018

Question Number 5: When did the consolidation process complete, or is it still ongoing?

Answer To Question 5: Ongoing

Question Number 6: What is the management structure of the consolidated network?

Answer To Question 6: Managed by individual trusts currently

Question Number 7: What is the organisational structure of the consolidated network?

Answer To Question 7: Individual trusts currently

Question Number 8: If not part of a cluster/consolidated network, is there a plan for this in the future?

Answer To Question 8: Business case underway.

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