Audit & QI publications

Radiology reporting of incidental osteoporotic vertebral fragility fractures present on CT studies: results of UK national re-audit (29-09-2023)

Preventing post-contrast acute kidney injury and hypersensitivity reactions: UK national audit (11-08-2023)

Imaging in myeloma: a Royal College of Radiologists national survey of current imaging practice (26-06-2021)

• Metrics: Imaging in myeloma: a Royal College of Radiologists national survey of current imaging practice

National audit of seven-day working care in radiology (28-05-2021)

Accelerated implementation of remote reporting during the COVID-19 pandemic (29-01-2021)

• Metrics: Accelerated implementation of remote reporting during the COVID-19 pandemic

• RCR guidance: Interim guidance to enable remote reporting during the COVID-19 pandemic

Improving outcomes for patients with osteoporotic vertebral fragility fractures: the role of the radiologist (31-08-2020)

• Metrics: Improving outcomes for patients with osteoporotic vertebral fragility fractures: the role of the radiologist

A national UK audit for diagnostic accuracy of preoperative CT chest in emergency and elective surgery during COVID-19 pandemic (24-06-2020)

• Metrics: A national UK audit for diagnostic accuracy of preoperative CT chest in emergency and elective surgery during COVID-19 pandemic

Radiology reporting of osteoporotic vertebral fragility fractures on computed tomography studies: results of a UK national audit (20-05-2020)

• Metrics: Radiology reporting of osteoporotic vertebral fragility fractures on computed tomography studies: results of a UK national audit

• Associated video: Secondary fracture prevention - why radiologists have a key role to play?

• Poster: RCR national audit evaluating the radiological reporting of fragility fractures

• RCR guidance: Radiological guidance for the recognition and reporting of osteoporotic vertebral fragility fractures (VFFs)

A national audit of radiology practice in cancer multidisciplinary team meetings (20-04-2020)

• Metrics: A national audit of radiology practice in cancer multidisciplinary team meetings

• RCR guidance: Cancer multidisciplinary team meetings – standards for clinical radiologists

Royal College of Radiologists national audit evaluating the provision of imaging in the severely injured patient and compliance with national guidelines (18-12-2019)

• Metrics: Royal College of Radiologists national audit evaluating the provision of imaging in the severely injured patient and compliance with national guideline

• Poster: Audit of the provision of Major Trauma imaging in the United Kingdom

• RCR guidance: Standards of practice and guidance for trauma radiology in severely injured patients, second edition

UK national audit of safety checks for radiology interventions (30-11-2018)

• Poster: UK national audit of safety checks in radiology interventions

• RCR guidance: Guidance on implementing safety checklists for radiological procedures, second edition

Re: RCR audit of compliance with UK guidelines for the prevention and detection of acute kidney injury in adult patients undergoing iodinated contrast media injections for CT. A reply. (16-02-2018)

• Metrics: Re: RCR audit of compliance with UK guidelines for the prevention and detection of acute kidney injury in adult patients undergoing iodinated contrast media injections for CT. A reply. 

RCR audit of compliance with UK guidelines for the prevention and detection of acute kidney injury in adult patients undergoing iodinated contrast media injections for CT (22-08-2017)

• Metrics: RCR audit of compliance with UK guidelines for the prevention and detection of acute kidney injury in adult patients undergoing iodinated contrast media injections for CT

• Podcast: Acute kidney Injury with Iodinated Contrast Media

• Poster: Royal College of Radiologists (RCR): National survey of compliance with guidelines for the prevention and detection of contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI)

• Poster: Are current UK guidelines for the prevention of contrast induced acute kidney injury CI-AKI being followed and what is the risk of CI-AKI in modern CT practice? - results of a national audit

Re: The accuracy of emergency abdominal CT in adult patients who present with non-traumatic abdominal pain: results of a UK national audit. A reply. (23-06-2017)

• Metrics: Re: The accuracy of emergency abdominal CT in adult patients who present with non-traumatic abdominal pain: results of a UK national audit. A reply. 

Re: The accuracy of interpretation of emergency abdominal CT in adult patients who present with non-traumatic abdominal pain: results of a UK national audit. A reply. (21-04-2017)

• Metrics: Re: The accuracy of interpretation of emergency abdominal CT in adult patients who present with non-traumatic abdominal pain: results of a UK national audit. A reply.

The accuracy of interpretation of emergency abdominal CT in adult patients who present with non-traumatic abdominal pain: results of a UK national audit (04-12-2016)

• Metrics: The accuracy of interpretation of emergency abdominal CT in adult patients who present with non-traumatic abdominal pain: results of a UK national audit

• Podcast: RCR audit looking at the accuracy of reporting of emergency non-trauma abdominal CT

• Poster: The accuracy of interpretation of emergency abdominal CT in adult patients who present with non-traumatic abdominal pain: results of a UK national audit

Evaluation of paediatric radiology services in hospitals in the UK (04-08-2016)

• Metrics: Evaluation of paediatric radiology services in hospitals in the UK

• RCR guidance 1: The radiological investigation of suspected physical abuse in children

• RCR guidance 2: Improving paediatric interventional radiology services

Audit of radiology communication systems for critical, urgent, and unexpected significant findings (28-12-2015)

• Metrics: Audit of radiology communication systems for critical, urgent, and unexpected significant findings

• Poster: Audit of UK radiology department communication systems for critical, urgent, and unexpected significant findings

• RCR guidance: Standards for the communication of radiological reports and fail-safe alert notification

National audit of appropriate imaging (15-07-2014)

• Metrics: National audit of appropriate imaging

Findings of the UK national audit evaluating image-guided or image-assisted liver biopsy. Part II. Minor and major complications and procedure-related mortality (01-01-2013)

Findings of the UK national audit evaluating image-guided or image-assisted liver biopsy. Part I. Procedural aspects, diagnostic adequacy, and accuracy (01-12-2012)

• Poster: Image guided liver biopsy: national audit of diagnostic accuracy and complications

• RCR guidance: Guidance on implementing safety checklists for radiological procedures, second edition

Staging cancer of the uterus: a national audit of MRI accuracy (09-03-2012)

• Metrics: Staging cancer of the uterus: a national audit of MRI accuracy

Governance of radiology picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) following the United Kingdom deployment, 2006–2010 (09-2011)

• RCR guidance 1: IT Guidance

• RCR guidance 2: Guidance on maintaining patient confidentiality when using radiology department information systems, second edition

National audit of generic reporting and effective communication, 2007 / 2008 (2009)

• RCR guidance: Standards for interpretation and reporting of imaging investigations, Second edition

National audit of provision of MRI services 2006/07 (01-03-2009)

• Metrics: National audit of provision of MRI services 2006/07

The UK nephrostomy audit. Can a voluntary registry produce robust performance data? (01-08-2008)

• Metrics: The UK nephrostomy audit. Can a voluntary registry produce robust performance data?

National audit of the sensitivity of double-contrast barium enema for colorectal carcinoma, using control charts (01-05-2005)

• Metrics: National audit of the sensitivity of double-contrast barium enema for colorectal carcinoma, using control charts

Assessment of the Implementation of Lung Cancer Consensus Statements From the Royal College of Radiologists in 2021; Progress and Barriers (published 13-09-2022)

• RCR guidance: Radiotherapy for lung cancer - RCR consensus statements

Implementation of Royal College of Radiologists Consensus Statements and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Guidance: Breast Radiotherapy Practice in the UK (14-02-2021)

• Metrics: Implementation of Royal College of Radiologists Consensus Statements and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Guidance: Breast Radiotherapy Practice in the UK

• RCR guidance: Postoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer: UK consensus statements

Failing to Close the Gap between Evidence and Clinical Practice in Radical Bladder Cancer Radiotherapy: A Critical Unmet Need (22-01-2021)

• Metrics: Failing to Close the Gap between Evidence and Clinical Practice in Radical Bladder Cancer Radiotherapy: A Critical Unmet Need

Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy for Rectal Cancer in the UK in 2020 (07-01-2021)

• Metrics: Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy for Rectal Cancer in the UK in 2020 

• RCR guidance: National rectal cancer intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) guidance

Launch of the National Rectal Cancer Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Guidance (16-12-2020)

• Metrics: Launch of the National Rectal Cancer Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Guidance

• RCR guidance: National rectal cancer intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) guidance

UK national cohort of anal cancer treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy: One-year oncological and patient-reported outcomes (05-03-2020)

• Metrics: UK national cohort of anal cancer treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy: One-year oncological and patient-reported outcomes

Curative Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer in the UK: International Benchmarking (27-08-2019)

• Metrics: Curative Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer in the UK: International Benchmarking

Radiotherapy Management of Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: Evaluation of a National Cohort (20-05-2019)

• Metrics: Radiotherapy Management of Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: Evaluation of a National Cohort

• Associate Slides: RCR National Audit of Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (MIBC) – Initial Results

• RCR guidance 1: Radiotherapy dose fractionation, fourth edition

• RCR guidance 2: Timely delivery of radical radiotherapy: guidelines for the management of unscheduled treatment interruptions, fourth edition

Toxicity, Tolerability, and Compliance of Concurrent Capecitabine or 5-Fluorouracil in Radical Management of Anal Cancer With Single-dose Mitomycin-C and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy: Evaluation of a National Cohort (19-04-2018)

• Metrics: Toxicity, Tolerability, and Compliance of Concurrent Capecitabine or 5-Fluorouracil in Radical Management of Anal Cancer With Single-dose Mitomycin-C and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy: Evaluation of a National Cohort

• RCR guidance: Timely delivery of radical radiotherapy: guidelines for the management of unscheduled treatment interruptions, fourth edition

The Elderly are Less Likely to Receive Recommended Radical Radiotherapy for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (20-07-2017)

• Metrics: The Elderly are Less Likely to Receive Recommended Radical Radiotherapy for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

• RCR guidance: On target 2: updated guidance for image-guided radiotherapy

Initial Results from the Royal College of Radiologists' UK National Audit of Anal Cancer Radiotherapy 2015 (31-10-2016)

• Metrics: Initial Results from the Royal College of Radiologists' UK National Audit of Anal Cancer Radiotherapy 2015

• RCR guidance: Timely delivery of radical radiotherapy: guidelines for the management of unscheduled treatment interruptions, fourth edition  

The Quality of Curative-intent Radiotherapy for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer in the UK (12-06-2015)

• Metrics: The Quality of Curative-intent Radiotherapy for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer in the UK

• RCR guidance 1: On target 2: updated guidance for image-guided radiotherapy

• RCR guidance 2: Radiotherapy dose fractionation, third edition

• RCR guidance 3: Timely delivery of radical radiotherapy: guidelines for the management of unscheduled treatment interruptions, fourth edition

The Royal College of Radiologists' audit of prostate brachytherapy in the year 2012 (26-02-2015)

• Metrics: The Royal College of Radiologists' audit of prostate brachytherapy in the year 2012

• RCR guidance 1: The role and development of afterloading brachytherapy services in the United Kingdom

• RCR guidance 2: Quality assurance practice guidelines for transperineal LDR permanent seed brachytherapy of prostate cancer

Anal Cancer: Developing an Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy Solution for ACT2 Fractionation (30-08-2014)

• Metrics: Anal Cancer: Developing an Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy Solution for ACT2 Fractionation

A royal college of radiologists national audit of radiotherapy in the treatment of metastatic spinal cord compression and implications for the development of acute oncology services (03-06-2014)

• Metrics: A royal college of radiologists national audit of radiotherapy in the treatment of metastatic spinal cord compression and implications for the development of acute oncology services 

• RCR guidance: Radiotherapy dose fractionation, third edition

Caseload and outcome after brachytherapy (05-07-2013)

• Metrics: Caseload and outcome after brachytherapy 

• RCR guidance: The role and development of afterloading brachytherapy services in the United Kingdom

Substantial improvement in UK cervical cancer survival with chemoradiotherapy: results of a Royal College of Radiologists' audit (01-07-2010)

• Metrics: Substantial improvement in UK cervical cancer survival with chemoradiotherapy: results of a Royal College of Radiologists' audit

Radiotherapy in England in 2007: modelled demand and audited activity (03-08-2009)

• Metrics: Radiotherapy in England in 2007: modelled demand and audited activity

• RCR guidance 1: Radiotherapy dose fractionation, third edition

• RCR guidance 2: Towards Safer Radiotherapy

Geographical variation in radiotherapy services across the UK in 2007 and the effect of deprivation (27-06-2009)

• Metrics: Geographical variation in radiotherapy services across the UK in 2007 and the effect of deprivation

• RCR guidance: Reducing Delays in Cancer Treatment - Some Targets Published by the Joint Collegiate Council for Oncology

Re-audit of Radiotherapy Waiting Times in the United Kingdom, 2007 (2008)

• RCR guidance: Reducing Delays in Cancer Treatment - Some Targets Published by the Joint Collegiate Council for Oncology

The Management of Interruptions to Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer: An Audit of the Effectiveness of National Guidelines (01-10-2008)

• Metrics: The Management of Interruptions to Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer: An Audit of the Effectiveness of National Guidelines

• RCR guidance 1: Timely delivery of radical radiotherapy: guidelines for the management of unscheduled treatment interruptions, fourth edition

• RCR guidance 2: Reducing Delays in Cancer Treatment - Some Targets Published by the Joint Collegiate Council for Oncology

Waiting times for systemic cancer therapy in the United Kingdom in 2006 (01-09-2008)

• Metrics: Waiting times for systemic cancer therapy in the United Kingdom in 2006

Radiotherapy dose fractionation, access and waiting times in the countries of the UK in 2005 (01-06-2007)

• Metrics: Radiotherapy dose fractionation, access and waiting times in the countries of the UK in 2005 

• RCR guidance 1: Radiotherapy dose fractionation, third edition 

• RCR guidance 2: Reducing Delays in Cancer Treatment - Some Targets Published by the Joint Collegiate Council for Oncology

Re-audit of radiotherapy waiting times 2003 (01-09-2004)

• Metrics: Re-audit of radiotherapy waiting times 2003

• RCR guidance: Reducing Delays in Cancer Treatment - Some Targets Published by the Joint Collegiate Council for Oncology

A National Audit of Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer (01-04-2003)

• Metrics: A National Audit of Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer

• RCR guidance: Timely delivery of radical radiotherapy: guidelines for the management of unscheduled treatment interruptions, fourth edition