Symptomatic (Diagnostic) Breast Imaging Services
The following are issued as guidance on the manpower and workload for symptomatic breast imaging services:
|
Recommended |
Mean |
Maximum |
Minimum |
Median |
S D |
Mode |
1 New Patient Clinic for Population Number |
2500 |
2977 |
7800 |
833 |
2550 |
1409 |
2000 |
No of Radiologist Sessions for Each Clinic (New+Old) |
1 |
0.95 |
5.0 |
0.13 |
0.75 |
0.69 |
1.0 |
No of Radiologist Sessions per week per Cancer Detected |
0.025 |
0.02 |
0.08 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
No of New Patients per New Clinic |
25 |
26.4 |
100 |
6 |
22.6 |
16.8 |
20 |
No of Radiographers per Radiologist 98/99 |
- |
2.7 |
7.5 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
1.4 |
3.0 |
No of Radiographer Sessions per Radiologist Session (exc any extended role) |
2.0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
No of Nurse/RDA/Helper Sessions per Radiologist Session (exc any extended role) |
1.0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
No of Clerical Sessions per Radiologist Session |
2.0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Mammogram (only) patients per Radiologist Session |
25 |
25 |
66 |
5 |
20 |
15.4 |
15 |
Ultrasound (only) patients per Radiologist Session |
15 |
14.5 |
25 |
4 |
15 |
16.5 |
15 |
Mixed imaging (Mammo+US+FNA/Core) patients per Radiologist Session |
12 |
16 |
50 |
3 |
15 |
7.3 |
20 |