CQC 19 July 2018
- A CQC review of NHS radiology services in England 2016-17 found
- The timescales for reporting on radiology examinations, and arrangements for monitoring and managing backlogs, vary widely between trusts.
- There are few national standards that trusts can benchmark themselves against.
- Even trusts that were monitoring their performance did not always report on time.
- Issues with staffing, including an average vacancy rate of 14% across trusts that responded. This supports existing evidence about the national difficulties in recruiting and retaining radiologists.
