Use of Genomics laboratory hubs       

FOI REFERENCE: 24235 FOI DATE: 17^th July 2024       

1. How many individual requests were sent by your trust to GLHs.  (We do not wish you to incur additional work, and are looking for readily available information.  For the purpose of this research, we are defining one request as a request for testing for an individual patient, which may comprise one or more samples of tissue or blood sent at the same time.  If you record tests/ requests in a different way, please provide information readily available and state the definition used)

19

2. How many requests (using the same definition as 1) for tests which are included within the National Genomic Test Directory were

a) processed by your own laboratory

0

b) sent to another NHS laboratory (not part of a GLH)

374

c) sent to a commercial laboratory

0

3. If the answer to 2c is greater than 0, please list the three laboratories to which you sent the most requests, with the number of requests sent to each in the period

Not Applicable

4. Do you measure the average turnaround time for requests sent to GLHs?

Not Applicable

5. If the answer to 4 is yes, please provide the number of percentage of tests where the turnaround time is

Not Applicable

a) less than 7 days

Not Applicable

b) 8 days to 2 weeks

Not Applicable

c) 15 days to 4 weeks

Not Applicable

d) over 4 weeks

Not Applicable

6. Are concerns relating to turnaround times from GLH’s mentioned in any risks on any risk registers within your organisation

Reviewed annually but no risks mentioned.