Audit & QI publications

Improved radiological diagnosis of osteoporotic vertebral fragility fractures following UK-wide interventions and re-audit—can this be maintained and translated into clinical practice? (22-04-2025)

Differential practice of peer review and peer feedback between National Health Service (NHS) imaging departments and teleradiology companies; how big is the gap? (02-04-2025)

Adding value in radiology—improved radiological diagnosis of osteoporotic vertebral fragility fractures following National UK Audit and Interventions (13-03-2025)

Maximising the benefit of improved radiological diagnosis of osteoporotic vertebral fragility fractures: results of a UK national re-audit (19-11-2024)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

Neoadjuvant Treatment of Rectal Cancer: A Repeat UK-wide Survey After Implementation of National Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy Guidance (published 05-2025)

The Royal College of Radiologists National Vulvar Cancer Audit (published 28-03-2024)

Service Improvements and Workload Increases: Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) Re-Audit of Curative Intent Radiotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) (published 23-03-2024)

National Survey of Current Follow-up Protocols for Patients Treated for Endometrial Cancer in the UK (published 12-03-2024)

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

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

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 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 

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

• Metrics: Caseload and outcome after brachytherapy 

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

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

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

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

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 

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

• Metrics: Re-audit of radiotherapy waiting times 2003

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

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