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Interventional radiology procedures, facilities, and workforce across England and Wales: a snapshot retrospective evaluation from 2017 to 2021

Najafi, G; Lakshminarayan, R; Haslam, P; Mccafferty, I; Morgan, R; Uberoi, R; Hamady, M (2024) Interventional radiology procedures, facilities, and workforce across England and Wales: a snapshot retrospective evaluation from 2017 to 2021. CLINICAL RADIOLOGY, 79 (12). e1481-e1489. ISSN 0009-9260 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crad.2024.08.032
SGUL Authors: Morgan, Robert Anthony

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Abstract

Aims There is no comprehensive data collection outlining the numbers and types of interventional radiology (IR) procedures in the United Kingdom. Similarly, limited data are available on the IR facilities and workforce within the National Health Services (NHS) trusts. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the number/type of IR procedures, facilities, and workforces across England and Wales. Materials and Methods This retrospective study used the 2000 Freedom of Information Act to obtain information regarding the IR procedures performed in NHS trusts in England and Wales from 2017 to 2021. We collected additional information on IR workforce and facilities, including the number of IR consultants, nurses, trainees, and angiographic suites and day case units; analysed procedures by complexity; and performed data analysis by region. Results A total of 1,340,352 IR procedures were analysed. An increasing trend was observed in the number of IR procedures from 2017 to 2021 (p=0.07, R=0.93). There were more intermediate and complex procedures than simple ones (p=0.0001). Notable geographical variation was observed in terms of IR facilities including angiographic suites and day case units, and the number of IR consultants, nurses, and trainees. Conclusions The IR field continues to grow as evidenced by increasing trends in the number and complexity of the procedures over the years. There is an uneven IR workforce, services, and facilities distribution across England and Wales. Therefore, there is a crucial need for centralised data collection to evaluate and monitor interventions besides comprehensive revision of UK IR service provision.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Royal College of Radiologists. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: 1103 Clinical Sciences, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: Academic Structure > Cardiovascular & Genomics Research Institute
Academic Structure > Cardiovascular & Genomics Research Institute > Clinical Cardiology
Journal or Publication Title: CLINICAL RADIOLOGY
ISSN: 0009-9260
Publisher License: Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Projects:
Project IDFunderFunder ID
UNSPECIFIEDImperial College London Healthcare Biomedical Research CentreUNSPECIFIED
UNSPECIFIEDBritish Society of Interventional radiologyhttps://doi.org/10.13039/501100023476
Web of Science ID: WOS:001377323700001
URI: https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/117063
Publisher's version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crad.2024.08.032

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