I am writing with a Freedom of Information request regarding the provision and delivery of audiology services within your trust.
To better understand how your trust deals with audiology services, please clarify whether your Acute Trust provides these services:
a. In-house (i.e. delivered in your NHS Acute Trust or provided by another NHS organisation)
b. Outsources (i.e. delivered by an independent provider in their care setting)
c. Insources (i.e. delivered by an independent provider in your care setting)
Additionally, please provide the following data for your Acute Trust and for each financial year 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24:
Hearing assessments
1. How many patients had a hearing assessment within the following settings and what was the total spending in £ on treating these patients (where possible please could you give the data per independent provider contracted):
a. In-house
b. Outsourced
c. Insourced
Hearing aid fittings
1. How many patients had a hearing aid fitting assessment within the following settings and what was the total spending in £ on treating these patients (where possible please could you give the data per independent provider contracted):
a. In-house
b. Outsourced
c. Insourced
Hearing aid aftercare
1. How many patients had hearing aid aftercare performed within the following settings and what was the total spending in £ on treating these patients (where possible please could you give the data per independent provider contracted):
a. In-house
b. Outsourced
c. Insourced
Hearing aid devices
1. How many hearing aid devices were delivered to patients within the following settings and what was the total spend £ on hearing aid devices for these patients in (where possible please could you give the data per independent provider contracted):
a. In-house
b. Outsourced
c. Insourced
Other
1. Could you please provide a copy of the service specification given to all bidders for when the contract for hearing aid services was last advertised?
If any of the specific splits are not available, please provide total figures for the system and specify which main splits are recorded by your Trust (in-house / independent sector).
For your convenience, I have attached an Excel file for you to use and provide the requested information. Please return the completed file via email reply.
Thank you in advance.
SEE ATTACHED EXCEL SHEET ELHT'S FOI TEAM RECEIVED FROM REQUESTER
