FOI 2025/1279

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from NHS Greater Manchester ICB. Please may you provide me with:

1. The total number of cath labs in your ICB
2. The number of cath labs are in each Trust
3. The age of each cath lab
4. Any plans to refurbish any of these cath labs
5. The volumes of private cardiology activity done in these NHS cath labs
6. Any trusts within the ICB considering procuring managed cardiology services
7. Volume of NHS Cath lab and Outpatient Cardiology Activity last three years, broken by HRG code
8. Volume of Private Activity last three years, broken by CSSD code
9. Revenue of total NHS cath lab activity, last three years
10. Revenue of total Private cath lab activity, last three years
11. Private pricing schedules for all private cardiology activity, cath lab and outpatients
12. Profit & Loss last three years for private cath lab activity
13. Waiting list time by HRG code for cath lab procedure as of 1^st June 2025
14. Waiting list time for New Patient Consultation as of 1^st June 2025
15. Waiting list time for Cardiac CT as of 1^st June 2025
16. Waiting list time for Cardiac MRI as of 1^st June 2025
17. Waiting list time for Transthoracic Echo as of 1^st June 2025
18. Waiting list time for ambulatory monitor fitting as of 1^st June 2025
19. 12 month and 24 month re-do rate of Atrial Fibrillation procedures
20. 12, 24 and 36 month Morbidity and Mortality rate for PCI
21. Residual book value of all cardiac assets in current inventory
22. Any Outsourced work to IS providers and if so, the volumes of activity you outsource, and the revenue values of outsourced activity, on a line-by-line basis
23. Are you interested to explore a managed clinical services solution in your ICB to support the potential reclaim of VAT on your consumables and/or the opportunity to release working capital through a ‘sale and leaseback’ (technology transfer agreement) of equipment and assets?
24. Are you interested to explore a ‘cardiology movement hub’, namely an IS provider developing an elective cardiology hub to provide cath lab procedures allowing the acute Trust in your ICB to concentrate on emergency and more complex activity to remove scheduling conflicts and so reduce waiting times?

Please provide the information in the form of an Excel document.

Q1 – Q22 – NHS Greater Manchester (NHS GM) does not hold the information requested; it will be necessary for you to contact the Provider Trusts commissioned in Greater Manchester for the information you seek.  To assist you, please find below links to their websites with information about how to make a Freedom of Information request.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust – Freedom of information – Bolton NHS FT (boltonft.nhs.uk)

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust – Freedom of Information Requests :: Northern Care Alliance

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust – Freedom of Information – Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (mft.nhs.uk)

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust – Freedom of Information – Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust – Freedom of Information Requests :: Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care (tamesideandglossopicft.nhs.uk)

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – WWL Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | FOI Disclosure Log

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust – Freedom of information disclosure logs (christie.nhs.uk)

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust – Freedom of Information :: Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust – Freedom of Information | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS FT (gmmh.nhs.uk)

Q23. This has not been identified as a priority area for NHS GM

Q24. This has not been identified as a priority area for NHS GM.