Availability of activity data has been an issue with prison health services. However, some costs and activity, are included in Prison health reference costs (prison services health and mental health specialist teams, paragraph 327(h)), and we will consider whether other costs and activity should be included in 2014-15. Treatment varies some – national screening Screening programmes are excluded National screening programmes programmes and some are included. See Table 27. Services hosted in one provider, providing benefit for the patients of other providers. The specified services are: Genetic laboratory services - specialist laboratory services that are nationally commissioned and There is no patient event to members of the United Kingdom Genetic Testing which costs can be allocated. Specified hosted Network (UKGTN). Each laboratory carries out rare The host provider is fully services genetic tests for a large number of hospitals funded, and there is no Intensive care support services - services providing recharge to other provider. transport, advice or other services for critical care patients on a regional basis. No other service may be excluded in this category without our permission. The following services or costs are excluded (ambulance trusts only): Air ambulance service Chemical biological radiological and nuclear costs Decontamination units Emergency bed service Emergency planning Hazardous area response teams Helicopter emergency medical services (part These services are not part Specified provided by Barts Health NHS Trust) of the ambulance service services provided Logistics or courier transport service e.g. collecting currencies for contracting, by ambulance clinical waste and no other suitable trusts Neonatal transfers (non-ambulance trusts should currency exists report the costs of neonatal critical care transportation under HRG XA06Z) Out of hours services Patient education Single point of access telephony services (e.g. 111, NHS direct) No other service, and no other provider type to ambulance trusts, may be excluded in this category without our permission. The following services delivered by mental health trusts: Specified Acquired brain injury services provided Neuropsychiatry No suitable currencies exist by mental health No other service, and no other provider type to mental trusts health trusts, may be excluded in this category without our permission.
Prison health services Availability of activity data has been an issue with prison health services. However, some costs and activity, are included in reference costs (prison health and mental health specialist teams, paragraph 327(h)), and we will consider whether other costs and activity should be included in 2014-15. Screening programmes National screening programmes Treatment varies – some national screening programmes are excluded and some are included. See Table 27. Specified hosted services Services hosted in one provider, providing benefit for the patients of other providers. The specified services are: Genetic laboratory services - specialist laboratory services that are nationally commissioned and members of the United Kingdom Genetic Testing Network (UKGTN). Each laboratory carries out rare genetic tests for a large number of hospitals Intensive care support services - services providing transport, advice or other services for critical care patients on a regional basis. No other service may be excluded in this category without our permission. There is no patient event to which costs can be allocated. The host provider is fully funded, and there is no recharge to other provider. Specified services provided by ambulance trusts The following services or costs are excluded (ambulance trusts only): Air ambulance service Chemical biological radiological and nuclear costs Decontamination units Emergency bed service Emergency planning Hazardous area response teams Helicopter emergency medical services (part provided by Barts Health NHS Trust) Logistics or courier transport service e.g. collecting clinical waste Neonatal transfers (non-ambulance trusts should report the costs of neonatal critical care transportation under HRG XA06Z) Out of hours services Patient education Single point of access telephony services (e.g. 111, NHS direct) No other service, and no other provider type to ambulance trusts, may be excluded in this category without our permission. These services are not part of the ambulance service currencies for contracting, and no other suitable currency exists Specified services provided by mental health trusts The following services delivered by mental health trusts: Acquired brain injury Neuropsychiatry No other service, and no other provider type to mental health trusts, may be excluded in this category without our permission. No suitable currencies exist
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