· Do you directly purchase holter monitors which are reusable, which company/companies and products do you use (e.g.Spacelabs)?
Yes SpaceLabs
o How much do you pay per monitor and what are the service costs?
Usually buy when there are offers on or we need to replace one not returned. So, cost dependent on how many we buy and what the offer is.
o How much do you pay for the analysis software per licence?
£20,000 for a 3 year contract
o How many tests do you perform with these holter monitors per annum?
5000-6000 approx pa
o Approximately how many devices do you purchase per annum?
The Trust do not purchase per annum and so cannot provide a response to this FOI request.
· Do you purchase outsourced analysis holter monitors, either single use disposable holter monitors (e.g. iRhythm-Zio) and/or reusable devices (e.g. ECG on Demand, Express Diagnostics), which company/companies and products do you use?
Icentia
o How much do you pay per holter monitor/test?
£140 - 190
o What is the average test duration?
7 - 14 days
o How many tests do you perform with these holter monitors per annum?
o Are you under official contract with this supplier? If so, until when?
No
· Do you have a current backlog of patient’s for holter monitoring that falls outside of your KPI’s?
No
o How many patients in total? N/A
o How many weeks is the current wait time for fitting? N/A
o Do you have a backlog for analysis? If so, how many? N/A
· Is the above information for cardiology or stroke (or both)? No wait - N/A
