Hi Michelle
We didn't get a budget - just a budget line!
We had to generate our own income
BW
Emma
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Hi Emma
Please can I ask how your budget was established in the first instance.  Was money drawn from the areas that use POCT?

Kind regards

Michelle

Michelle Bennett
Point of Care Testing Co-ordinator
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Cardiac Divisional Offices
Tel: (01253) 95 7511
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Hi Terry

We have a POCT budget line and cross charge. In summary, we invoice with an annual support bill comprising fixed costs (EQA, IT licences etc) and POCT staff resource costs (estimate of time required for training, audit, troubleshooting etc). POCT consumables are billed at the end of each quarter based on actual amounts supplied.

We provide estimates before services are implemented and the clinical area decide whether upstream/downstream savings are realistic. The process includes peer review for clinical appropriateness etc .



Best wishes

Emma





Emma James

POCT Coordinator/Chief BMS

Point of Care Testing

Laboratory Medicine

4th Floor, SMH

Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL

Office phone: 0161 701 2259



POCT Team: 0161 276 4891

Manchester Royal Infirmary

Royal Eye Hospital

CMFT Satellite Sites



www.cmft.nhs.uk<http://www.cmft.nhs.uk>  Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust includes: Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Saint Mary's Hospital, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Trafford Hospitals and Community Services.





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From: ACB Point-of-Care Testing [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Terry Stoppard
Sent: 03 December 2014 15:54
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Dear Mailbase,



How many POCT units/departments run their own distinct budget line for POCT services and/or if any operate a business model of charging users a 'levy' for the POCT services provided?



If so, on what basis was this levy calculated and what factors were included (e.g. downstream cost savings from less clinic time etc)?



Thanks

Terry Stoppard

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