Internal Reference Number: FOI_8742
Date Request Received: 03/07/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 30/07/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Digitise Pathology
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act to request information regarding the use and uptake of digital pathology within your trust鈥檚 pathology services. Specifically, we are seeking information on both slide digitisation and slide reading (including AI-based systems), as well as the extent of digital adoption within your histopathology services. Please use attached excel spreadsheet for responses. Slide digitisation Please list the suppliers or companies currently used (if any, else respond with 鈥淣ot used鈥�) to digitise pathology slides within your trust鈥檚 pathology services (i.e. for converting glass slides into whole-slide images): a. Supplier name (Philips, Leica, Hamamatsu, Roche Diagnostics, etc.) b. Model(s) installed c. Number of scanners deployed d. Year of deployment e. Method of acquisition (capital purchase, lease or managed service contract) f. Was the scanner procured directly from the manufacturer or via a reseller? (if known) g. If applicable, any external service providers (e.g. outsourced scanning) | |
| Answer To Question 1: 1 a Sysmex b.Histech P1000 c.2 d. 2023 e.capital via network f. via Sysmex g. N/A To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI 8742 response sheet.xlsx | |
| Question Number 2: Slide reading Please detail any software or AI tools used (if any, else respond with 鈥淣ot used鈥�) for reading, analysing, or supporting the interpretation of digital pathology slides: a. Software/company name (Sectra, Paige, Ibex, PathAI, Indica Labs, Aiforia, etc.) b. Product name (if known) c. Use case (e.g. viewer only, AI diagnosis support, automated screening, triage) d. Year of deployment e. Was the software procured directly from the supplier or via a reseller? (if known) Provide the above for each software or AI tool used (multiple) | |
| Answer To Question 2: 2.a. Sectra b. PACS c.IMS d. 2025 e.direct | |
| Question Number 3: Digital adoption For your trust鈥檚 pathology services, please provide the following information for each of the past 3 financial years (FY 2022/23 [1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023], FY 2023/24 [1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024], and FY 2024/25 [1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025]): a. Total number of histopathology glass slides prepared b. Total number of histopathology slides digitalised using whole-slide scanners (if known) c. Total number of unique histopathology cases reported (including all reporting modalities) d. Total number of histopathology cases reported digitally (using screen-based reading/viewers, not by light microscopy) | |
| Answer To Question 3: Please find attached table with responses. To accompany this answer to question 3 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI 8742.docx | |
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