Table 1.

Scottish Regional Treatment Centre, Stracathro (Netcare). Comparison of annual contract referral and cost specification with Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) 10-month interim review referral data and data reported to ISD at 30 September 2007 and 31 December 2007^*

Activity group	Annual number of referrals contracted for	Referrals according to the PWC report 1 December 2006 – 30 September 2007†		Procedures carried out and reported to ISD 1 December 2006 – 30 September 2007		Procedures carried out and reported to ISD 1 December 2006 – 31 December 2007
		Volume	Annual contract percentage	Volume	Annual contract percentage	Volume	Annual contract percentage
Joint replacement‡	542	Not available	Not available	3	1%	35	6%
Minor orthopaedics§	303	Not available	Not available	148	49%	229	76%
General surgery	1110	Not available	Not available	75	7%	123	11%
ENT	144	Not available	Not available	59	41%	122	85%
Plastic surgery§	113	Not available	Not available	80	71%	101	89%
Urology	412	Not available	Not available	98	24%	145	35%
Not in contract	Not applicable	Not available	Not available	35		76
Total volume	2624	2200	84%	498	19%	831	32%
Total value	£5,667,464	£2,642,000	47%	£533,213**	9%	£1,035,603**	18%

ISD=Information Services Division

^*Not including outpatient assessments or unspecified additional activity from the contract

^†Fife, Grampian and Tayside health boards only (there were only four treatments from other health boards to 31 December 2007 worth £4908)

^‡ The Healthcare Resource Group codes H80 and H81 were used instead of H02, which had been coded incorrectly in original contract (personal communication with NHS Tayside Scottish Regional Treatment Centre contract manager, 2008)

^§All H13s counted as minor orthopaedics; there were no plastic surgery H13s (personal communication with NHS Tayside Scottish Regional Treatment Centre contract manager, 2008)

^**Our estimated figure based on HRG tariffs set out in the contract. We did not cost treatments which were ‘not in contract’