Working with NHS England, FIT scores were added to the National Endoscopy Database captures in version NEDi2.1. A service will only be reporting FIT scores if they have been updated by their supplier to the latest NEDi2.1 version.
All reporting systems on NEDi2.1 allow for the capture of FIT results entered by the endoscopist. There will be minor variation between suppliers. To cater for a number of ways FIT is reported to endoscopists, the NED field supports several different formats for FIT values:
- Absolute value (e.g. 45ugHb/g)
- Range (e.g. <10ugHb/g)
- Qualitative (e.g. FIT positive but value unknown)
NED will also capture if an endoscopist records the FIT result as “Unknown” or “Not done”, however this should only be entered if no test has been done.
Local recording of the FIT score and upload will vary depending on your Endoscopy Reporting supplier, and if you are unsure how this is sent through to NED from your service, you should contact your supplier in first instance.