Internal Reference Number: FOI_9069
Date Request Received: 27/11/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 02/01/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Radiology Services Tele-Radiology Outsourcing & A&E Admissions 鈥� Patient Flow & Reduction Initiative
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: Radiology Services 鈥� Tele-Radiology Outsourcing For the financial year 2024/25 (April 2024 鈥� March 2025), please provide the following information relating to outsourced reporting services only (excluding any outsourced scanning) What was the total value (拢) of radiology reporting work outsourced to private tele-radiology providers? | |
| Answer To Question 1: Total Value outsourced reporting:聽 拢1,213,005 | |
| Question Number 2: What was the total volume (number of reports) of radiology reporting work outsourced to private tele-radiology providers? | |
| Answer To Question 2: 37,090 | |
| Question Number 3: 3. Of the outsourced reporting activity, how many were: o MRI reports? o CT reports? o Plain Film reports? | |
| Answer To Question 3: CT: 9,982 + 1,152 MRI: 2,489 Plain Film: 19,447 | |
| Question Number 4: Which private tele-radiology companies were used by the Trust during this period? | |
| Answer To Question 4: AxonMedical Ltd, Everlight, Telemedicine Clinic.聽 | |
| Question Number 5: 5. Who holds responsibility within the Trust for overseeing outsourced radiology reporting? Please provide: o Name o Job title o Division/department | |
| Answer To Question 5: Department Lead (Operational lead for day-to-day contract) o Name - Tom Beaumont, o Job title - Head of Radiology.聽 o Division/department - Family & Specialist Services Division Procurement Lead (Lead responsible for monitoring spend and ongoing KPI's) BSW Helpdesk support@salisburyfoundationtrust-support.freshdesk.com | |
| Question Number 6: A&E Admissions 鈥� Patient Flow & Reduction Initiatives 1. Does the Trust have a designated lead responsible for patient flow/navigation, or for reducing non-necessary A&E admissions? (This may include roles linked to Single Points of Access, Flow Navigation Centres, etc.) If so, please provide: o Name o Job title o Division/department | |
| Answer To Question 6: Response from Medicine : 6. ED Trackers Division: Medicine. Department: ED Operational Managers Division: Medicine. Department: ED/AMU SPOC/Silver Bleep holders Across all divisions: Medicine, Surgery, FASS and Paediatrics. There are specific flow roles at SFT 鈥� Head of Site and Patient Flow, Matron for Flow that cover patient journeys through the hospital from ED to Discharge. Divisions have roles that are also designed to facilitate flow through the organisation, and there is a culture that it is everyone鈥檚 responsibility to ensure a smooth and effective journey through their inpatient stay. In ED there is the OPAL team 鈥� therapy assessment designed to explore quick support for people who don鈥檛 need to be admitted to secondary care and could return home with therapy/equipment /rapid response care support. Wiltshire has a hospital at home service via HCRG which supports people at home rather than be admitted to hospital 鈥� further details available from the provider. Wiltshire has a care coordination centre for health professionals to call, including ambulance crews, to explore alternative options for patients in the community who may not need to attend ED if appropriate services are put in place in the community. This service is not owned by SFT and so enquiries to BSWICB re service outline are recommended. | |
| Question Number 7: 2. Does the Trust currently operate any live initiatives or programmes aimed at reducing A&E admissions? If yes, please provide a brief outline of these initiatives. | |
| Answer To Question 7: Response from Medicine: Yes. Patients are seen in the ED, and if appropriate may be placed on a clinical pathway and await results in a clinical decisions unit which leads to reduction in admissions. Same day emergency care exists for medicine and Surgery, which aims to investigate/treat and discharge, again avoiding admission. | |
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