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Saturday 04 April 2026
Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_9250

Internal Reference Number: FOI_9250

Date Request Received: 26/02/2026 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 24/03/2026 00:00:00

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Request Summary: outsourced teleradiology providers

Request Category: Private Individuals

 
Question Number 1:
I am researching the propensity for ¿´Æ¬Èí¼þ trusts to outsource radiology reporting. Please provide, under the Freedom of Information act, the following information for hospitals in your trust:

Please list each of your outsourced teleradiology providers
 
Answer To Question 1:
1. Currently only TMC and Everlight.
 
Question Number 2:
Please provide the volume of radiology reporting OUTSOURCED to teleradiology providers and other providers annually from 2023-2025. The data should be broken down by provider the following categories:

a) Overnight emergency

b) Routine elective reporting (MRI, CT)

c) Plain film reporting

d) Day time emergency reporting

e) Split into each hospital within the Trust
 
Answer To Question 2:
2. Unfortunately we failed to differentiate between overnight emergency cases / day time emergency and routine reporting. Outsourced plain film reports 2023 : 13,516
Outsourced CT/MRI reports 2023 : 11,251
Outsourced plain film reports 2024 : 21,633
Outsourced CT/MRI reports 2024 : 19,210
Outsourced plain film reports 2025 : 17,677
Outsourced CT/MRI reports 2025 : 24,668
 
Question Number 3:
Please provide TOTAL volume of scans reported (inhouse and outsourced) annually from 2023-2025, broken into the following:

a) Overnight emergency

b) Routine elective reporting (MRI, CT)

c) Plain film reporting

d) Day time emergency reporting

e) Split into each hospital within the Trust
 
Answer To Question 3:
3. Total plain film reports 2023 : 75,762
Total CT/MRI reports 2023 : 34,275
Total plain film reports 2024 : 87,702
Total CT/MRI reports 2024 : 41,710
Total plain film reports 2025 : 77,685
Total CT/MRI reports 2025 : 41,035
 
Question Number 4:
Start date, duration, and end date of any contracts with teleradiology providers
 
Answer To Question 4:
4. TMC - July 2021 - July 2026. Everlight - July 2021 - July 2026. Axon - Jan 2023 - Oct 2024.
 
Question Number 5:
Who in the Trust is responsible (Title and name if possible) for the management of the contract?
 
Answer To Question 5:
5. Tom Beaumont (Head of Radiology) responsible for management of contracts within Salisbury ¿´Æ¬Èí¼þ Foundation Trust.
 
Question Number 6:
What was the total annual spend on outsourced teleradiology (if relevant split by emergency and elective) from 2023-2025?
 
Answer To Question 6:
2023 = £656,717
2024 = £861,625
2025 = £1,649,835
 
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