1. How much money was spent on external consultancy services to help improve hospital processes and efficiency for the tax years 2012 to 2022?
2. Has your organisation directly employed during the period of 2012 to 2022 data analysists and or statisticians (not through consultancy services nor through academic access)?
Statisticians: Yes or No
Data analysts: Yes or No
3. If yes, to question 2, did they facilitate non-research hospital governance and improvement activity and/or data analytics for the NHS?
4. Does your hospital currently have an improvement/development team?
No
Yes, and it does not include data analysts or statisticians
Yes, and it includes data analysts or statisticians.
5. Which group of employees carries out the majority of governance and improvement projects? a) doctors, b) nurses, c) doctors and nurses, d) a specific team.

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