Tuesday 30 April 2024
Internal Reference Number: FOI_6859
Date Request Received: 09/11/2022 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 08/12/2022 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: Clinical Insourcing at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: Insourcing is a term used to describe a range of medical and clinical services, which are deployed to utilise spare, out-of-hours capacity, typically at weekends, within a trust, in addition to the trusts existing provisions, with the intention to bolster service outputs and improve efficiency (full definition https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/guidance-for-trusts-on-the-use-of-insourcing.pdf). The largest providers are Medinet and 18 Week Support. Where possible, could this please be provided in a spreadsheet. 1. Have you used insourced providers this current financial year? (April 2022 – March 2023) a. Which insourcing companies have you used this current financial year? | |
| Answer To Question 1: Yes we have used insourcing providers a. ID-Medical – Managed Service (Gastroenterology) | |
| Question Number 2: Have you ever used insource providers in the past? a. If you have stopped using insourced providers, why? | |
| Answer To Question 2: yes | |
| Question Number 3: Which clinical activities have been insourced and from which insourcing company from FY17 to FY22 (financial year ending March)? Please detail your spend on insourced activities from FY17 to FY22 by company, specialty or procedure, and year a. E.g. Company X, Endoscopy, £10000, FY22 | |
| Answer To Question 3: 18 weeks – Weekend endoscopy – 19/20 - £21k ID-Medical – Weekend endoscopy – 20/21 - £50k ID-Medical – Managed Service (Gastroenterology) – 20/21 - £1.3mil & 22/23 - £1.8mil | |
| Question Number 4: Please provide a breakdown of the total number of procedures completed by each insourcing company per year from FY17 to FY22 (financial year ending March) in: a. Endoscopy b. Ophthalmology c. ENT d. Dermatology e. All other | |
| Answer To Question 4: a) Total Endoscopy Procedures completed by each insourcing company: 18wks 2017 964 2018 1205 2019 1175 2020 925 2021 0 2022 0 ID Medical 2017 0 2018 77 2019 551 2020 3037 2021 2574 2022 609 Please note that this information is based on total number of procedures performed by the clinicians employed through the insourcing company which has been split evenly across the years they have worked for us. To get specific numbers for each year per clinician, rather than this average, would take longer than the 18 hour time limit for FOI questions. Totals for the whole time period: 18 Weeks 4269 ID Medical 6848 Not Insourced 1172 Total 12289 b) N/A c) N/A d) N/A e) N/A | |
| Question Number 5: Were any services terminated or discontinued early and if so, please detail the reason(s). | |
| Answer To Question 5: No contracts have been terminated or discounted within this time | |
| To return to the list of all the FOI requests please click here |
Our staff at Salisbury District Hospital have long been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment they provide for our patients and for their innovation, commitment and professionalism. This has been recognised in a wide range of achievements and it is reflected in our award of NHS Foundation Trust status. This is afforded to hospitals that provide the highest standards of care.
