Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 212-2026
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
| 1. Please list the external teleradiology / outsourced and insourced reporting providers your Trust has used, with the reporting volume and annual spend for each, by financial year. | |||||
| Provider | Model (outsourced / insourced) | Financial year | Studies reported (volume) | Annual spend (£) | Contract expiry (mm/yyyy) |
| Provider 1 | 2022/23 | ||||
| 2023/24 | |||||
| 2024/25 | |||||
| 2025/26 | |||||
| Provider 2 | 2022/23 | ||||
| 2023/24 | |||||
| 2024/25 | |||||
| 2025/26 | |||||
Our response:
Although the Trust has Radiology Departments within its Community Hospitals, it does not provide the external teleradiology, outsourced or insourced diagnostic reporting services referred to in your request. Therefore, the Trust does not hold the information requested.
You may wish to redirect your request to Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which may be better placed to respond: ghn-tr.foi@nhs.net.
You asked:
| 2. For your diagnostic reporting, please indicate the split between studies reported and studies currently awaiting reporting (your backlog), as counts or as a percentage, with a total and, if possible, a breakdown by modality. | ||
| Modality | Studies reported (no. or %) | Awaiting reporting / backlog (no. or %) |
| TOTAL (all modalities) | ||
| CT | ||
| MRI | ||
| X-ray / plain film | ||
| Ultrasound | ||
| Nuclear medicine / PET | ||
| Other | ||
Our response:
Although the Trust has Radiology Departments within its Community Hospitals, it does not provide the external teleradiology, outsourced or insourced diagnostic reporting services referred to in your request. Therefore, the Trust does not hold the information requested.
You may wish to redirect your request to Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which may be better placed to respond: ghn-tr.foi@nhs.net.
You asked:
| 3. Please state your current consultant radiologist workforce (WTE/FTE). | |
| Consultant radiologist posts (WTE/FTE) | Number |
| Funded / established posts | |
| Vacant / unfilled posts | |
Our response:
Although the Trust has Radiology Departments within its Community Hospitals, it does not provide the external teleradiology, outsourced or insourced diagnostic reporting services referred to in your request. Therefore, the Trust does not hold the information requested.
You may wish to redirect your request to Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which may be better placed to respond: ghn-tr.foi@nhs.net.
Next steps:
Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:
Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.