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ABS survey on the use of outsourcing in UK breast services provision

The ABS would like to gauge the extent to which breast services are being provided by way of outsourcing arrangements. We would be grateful if members could complete this short survey to enable us to get an idea of how widespread this is in the UK currently.
1.Unit Name
2.Unit Region
3.How many new cancers does your unit treat per year?
4.In your unit what is the average number of new patient referrals seen per week
5.How many other clinic appointments does your unit offer each week? (i.e. for abscesses, symptomatic follow up/ patient initiated follow up etc)
0-25
26-50
51-75
76-100
More than 100
Medical personnel appointments
Nursing/ AHP/ Other specialist personnel appointments
6.In your unit how many NHS new patient/ One Stop Breast Clinic appointments are there each week?
7.Does your unit use out of hours clinics or outsourced breast clinics?
8.How many in hour NHS OSBC appointments does your unit have per week?
9.Who provides out of hours OSBC (can select more than one)
10.Approximately how many OSBC appointments are provided outside of routine NHS in hour service per year?
11.Do patients seen outside of routine clinic hour still get triple assessment?
12.What are the clinical governance arrangements in place for an external provider if used?
13.If seen outside of NHS in hour service who provides the MDT discussion?
14.What is driving outsourcing in your unit?
15.If outsourced do these services follow your NHS unit diagnostic and management protocol, or is there a different protocol?
16.Is there any formal quality assurance monitoring for outsourced clinics, and if so, what form does it take?
17.If patients are seem by an external contractor, are appointments conducted or overseen by a fully qualified consultant or a different grade of staff?
18.If extra clinics are required, what level of pay is offered?
19.Do you provide additional clinic capacity in your SPA time?
20.Has activity delivered outside of routine one stop/ new patient/ rapid access provision led to any clinical concerns/ patient concerns?
21.Do you have any other comments in relation to outsourcing of NHS OSBC service?