FOI_7823

Internal Reference Number: FOI_7823

Date Request Received: 12/03/2024 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 26/03/2024 00:00:00

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Request Summary: IT systems

Request Category: Companies


Question Number 1: Do you have a single electronic record across your NHS Trust/Health Board?

Answer To Question 1: Yes

Question Number 2: Do you have a single Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) across your NHS Trust/Health Board?

Answer To Question 2: Yes

Question Number 3: Is there a clinical use of any pathology IT systems in your NHS Trust/Health Board outside of microbiology/pathology laboratories?

Answer To Question 3: No, no access to LIMS outside of Pathology

Question Number 4: Do you have a remotely accessible pathology IT system? If no, do you have plans to move to a remotely accessible LIMS in the next a) 1 year, b) 2 years, c) 3 years, d) 5 years or e) some point in the future?

Answer To Question 4: No. Changing LIMS as part of the Pathology Networking project in 2025.

Question Number 5: In your NHS Trust/Health Board what percentage of point of care systems link into your LIMS?

Answer To Question 5: None currently

Question Number 6: Does your pharmacy receive patient laboratory test results from a) the laboratory, b) Trust/Health Board patient record, c) pathology IT system, or d) other please specify?

Answer To Question 6: c. Pathology IT System

Question Number 7: Do your General Practices receive patient laboratory test results from a) the laboratory, b) Trust/Health Board patient record, c) pathology IT system, or d) other please specify?

Answer To Question 7: Answer: 7c- GPs receive reports electronically from LIMS

Question Number 8: Who in your NHS Trust/Health Board is responsible for a) the procurement, b) implementation, and c) operational management of pathology IT systems.

Answer To Question 8: 8A. Procurement Department 8B. Pathology Department 8C. Pathology Department.

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