1. How many clinical coders are employed by the Trust?
18.42 WTE
2. Who is responsible for the clinical coding Team? (i.e Who is the Clinical Coding Manager)
Head of Clinical Coding
The Trust does not supply details of members of staff unless they are already in the public domain. Contact details are also not provided unless these are public.
Structures for divisions are located on the Corporate Governance page of the Trust website
https://elht.nhs.uk/about-us/corporate-publications-annual-reports-and-accounts
Information relating to the board, including email address is on the Trust board page
https://elht.nhs.uk/about-us/trust-board
The Trust does not supply contact details of staff, such as names, email addresses and telephone numbers, unless these are routinely published on our website or already in the public domain. Such information is classed as personal identifiable information and, therefore, is considered exempt from disclosure under Section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act. Direct email addresses are not disclosed in line with Regulation 22 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 which states that:
“A person shall neither transmit, nor instigate the transmission of, unsolicited communications for the purposes of direct marketing by means of electronic mail unless the recipient of the electronic mail has previously notified the sender that he consents for the time being to such communications being sent by, or at the instigation of, the sender.”
Should you wish to contact a member of staff, please contact the Trust switchboard on 01254 263555 and ask to be directed to them.
3. Do you have an NHS England approved auditor?
No but the Trust access to auditors through the Lancashire Coding Collaborative
4. Do you have an NHS England approved trainer?
No but the Trust access to trainers through the Lancashire Coding Collaborative
5. What encoder software is used by the clinical coding team?
3M Medi code
6. What directorate does clinical coding sit under?
Digital & Data – Corporate
7. What does the Trust spend on external coding support per year
a) contractors - £0
b) other outsourced coding support - £0
c) coding training –
This would depend on how many courses the coders go on. £40 per day, per coder
d) coding audit - £1600
8. What is the current coding backlog?
35,000 FCEs to today (date information provided was 11/04/2024)
