Planned Care Radiology Work Plan

Improve efficiency and productivity across NHS Scotland including implementation of Board self-assessment  

Use Board self-assessment checklist to identify local opportunities to improve efficiency and productivity. 

Ensure Boards complete scorecard data monthly. 

Work with Boards to implement improvement plans based on scorecard data. 

Improve national capacity utilisation. 

Expand Cardiac Computer Tomography (CT) to all Boards 

Support 2 territorial Health Boards to establish regular Cardiac CT sessions - 400+ additional scans to be delivered. 

Develop specialist training workforce 

Collaborate with NHS Scotland Academy to provide training and extend the scope of specialist sonographers. 

Collaborate with NHS Golden Jubilee to support training of radiographers and facilitate unsupervised Cardiac CT sessions. 

Review outcomes and explore opportunities to expand the National Ultrasound Training Programme (NUTP) programme. 

Performance Monitoring 

Monitor activity within Health Boards against plans invested by SG for 2024/2025. 

Sustainability Planning 

Engage with Boards to achieve and sustain against a diagnostic 6-week target of 95%.