FoI 122/2013
1. Please list the Radiology departments / sites operated within your Trust detailing
their opening hours?
RESPONSE:
Doncaster Royal Infirmary
General Radiography
24 hours, 7 days a
week service
Ultrasound
8.00am – 8.00pm
8.30am – 5.00pm
Monday – Friday
Weekends
CT
8.00am – 9.00pm
9.00am – 5.00pm
Monday – Friday
Weekends
MRI
8.00am – 8.00pm
7 days a week
Nuclear Medicine
8.30am – 5.00pm
Monday – Friday
Vascular/Interventional/special
8.30am – 5.00pm
Monday – Friday
Mammography
8.30am – 5.00pm
Monday – Friday
Dexa
9.00am – 5.00pm
Monday – Friday
2-3 days/variable
Bassetlaw Hospital
General Radiography
24 hours, 7 days a
week service
Ultrasound
9.00am – 5.00pm
Monday – Friday
CT
9.00am – 5.00pm
Monday – Friday
MRI
8.00am – 8.00pm
7 days a week
Mammography
8.30am – 5.00pm
Monday – Friday
Dexa
9.00am – 5.00pm
Monday – Friday
2-3 days/variable
General Radiography
9.00am – 9.00pm
7 days a week
Ultrasound
9.00am – 5.00pm
Monday – Friday
Montagu Hospital
Retford Hospital
General Radiography
9.00am – 5.00pm
Monday – Friday
Ultrasound
9.00am – 5.00pm
Monday – Friday
Cameo Centre - Chequer Road Clinic
8.30am – 4.30pm
Breast Screening
Monday – Friday
2. For each site, please list how many active static scanners you have for the
following modalities: (MRI, CT, PET-CT).
RESPONSE:
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Doncaster Royal Infirmary - 1 MRI Scanner, 1 CT Scanner, 1 SPECT CT
(used for CT only during service or breakdown for independent CT)
Bassetlaw Hospital - 1 MRI Scanner, 1 CT Scanner
3. Please provide the number of annual scans you carried out in the latest year for
each of the following modalities: MRI, CT, PET-CT, X-Ray (incl. DEXA),
Mammography, Ultrasound (obstetric & non-obstetric), other (incl. fluoroscopy,
nuclear medicine & interventional radiology). Please provide the dates to which this
data refers.
RESPONSE:
Financial year 2012/2013:
X-Ray
Non Obs US
Obs US
NM
CT
Mammography
MRI
Fluorography
Medical Physics
PET-CT
Angiography
Total
= 234,802
= 71,860
= 21,633
= 2,499
= 37,464
= 9,365
= 16,325
= 13,021
= 1,115
= 393
= 1,845
= 410,322
4. For each of MRI and CT how many mobile scans (if any) were carried out?
RESPONSE:
CT = Nil
MRI = 499
5. What is the number of full-time equivalent staff (ie 2 staff members working 20
hours/week each = 1 full time staff member) under the following classifications:
Radiographers (Band 5 and above), Radiographers (Band 4 and below), non-clinical
staff (eg receptionists, medical secretaries etc)
RESPONSE:
Radiographers (Band 5 and above)
Radiographers (Band 4 and below)
Non-clinical staff
= 103.64FTE
= 22.77FTE*
= 37.38FTE
* includes assistant practitioners & clinical imaging assistants
6. Please list the manufacturers and year of manufacture of the scanners for the
following modalities: (MRI, CT, PET-CT), providing the magnet strength of your MRI
scanners, and how many slices do your CT and PET-CT machines allow?
RESPONSE:
Doncaster Royal Infirmary: CT - Siemens, 64 slice, installed in 2011
MRI – Siemens, 1.5 Tesla, installed in 2007
Bassetlaw Hospital: CT – Siemens, 64 slice, installed in 2011
MRI – Siemens, 1.5 Tesla, installed in 2009