Supporting information for GPs and professionals
Wait times
| Request to attend (days) | Attend to report (days) | |||||
| Week ending 17/09/23 | 2WW | Urgent | Routine | 2WW | Urgent | Routine |
| CT | 6 | 79 | 88 | 6 | 36 | 61 |
| DEXA | N/A | No data | 206 | N/A | No data | Same day |
| MRI | 8 | 109 | 150 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| US | 5 | 39 | 58 | Same day | Same day | Same day |
| X ray | N/A | 1 | 8 | Same day | 40 | 28 |
Contacts
radalerts.enh-tr@nhs.net – For queries regarding an imaging report, please email the team – GP SURGERY USE ONLY
01438 284028 – Secretaries (for who is duty on-call, or to be put through to consultant) – GP SURGERY USE ONLY
01438 284030 – Helpdesk (appointment queries)
Booking radiology examinations for a future date
When it has been recommended that a scan or X-ray should be undertaken at a specific time in the future, we wanted to make you aware that you can put a request on ICE at the time the recommendation is received.
Please ensure you state, in the clinical detail section, when the examination should be performed, i.e in 6 weeks time.
Our radiology booking team will then book the patient an appropriate appointment date. Please do not wait until a week or two before the examination is due to put the request on ICE.
Radiology requesting by non-medically qualified health professionals
The Trust has an established protocol, since 2020, for eligible registered health professionals in primary care to request chest x-rays.
For further details, please contact the ICB’s local training hub hwetraininghub@nhs.net who manage the application process for us.
We recognise the need for access to other requesting for minor illnesses and minor injuries and are looking to collaborate further with the training hub on this.
Work is also well underway on a requesting protocol for appropriately trained/qualified physios in primary care. Further details to follow.
Ovarian cyst pathway
The process for following up ovarian cysts is different for premenopausal or postmenopausal women.
Postmenopausal
For postmenopausal women the GP must do a CA125 blood test and if this is normal the GP should then request the first surveillance scan (four months’ time). If the CA125 is abnormal the GP should refer on the 2ww pathway to gynaecology.
Perimenopausal For perimenopausal women, the sonographer can suggest further follow up and will be explicit on the report about who should book the next scan.
