| Case Number | 7850 |
| Request Date | 15/03/2021 |
| Completion Date | 20/04/2021 |
Details of the Request
- For the calendar year of 2019, please could you tell me how many individual MRI examinations were performed overall?
- For the calendar year of 2019, please could you give a breakdown of the individual MRI examinations performed into body part/area? For instance, how many brain scans, spine scans etc. I am happy with whichever body part description is input in the PACS system.
- As of March 1st, 2021, how many MRI requests are on the waiting list waiting to be scanned? Please could I have this broken down into individual body part/examination too (like in question 2)?
- How much money was paid to private companies during the calendar year 2019 for the outsourcing of MRI either to mobile MRI units,private hospitals or private companies staffing hospital scanners to scan NHS patients? From question 4 which companies were used and how many patients were scanned?
Details of the Response
1. For the calendar year of 2019, please could you tell me how many individual MRI examinations were performed overall?
2. For the calendar year of 2019, please could you give a breakdown of the individual MRI examinations performed into body part/area? For instance, how many brain scans, spine scans etc. I am happy with whichever body part description is input in the PACS system.
| MRI Exam Type | Number of Exams Performed |
| Magnetic resonance angiography | * |
| MRA Aorta abdominal | 7 |
| MRA Aorta thoracic | 25 |
| MRA Aorta whole | 11 |
| MRA Carotid Both | 39 |
| MRA Head | 205 |
| MRA Head with contrast | 7 |
| MRA Neck | * |
| MRA Neck with contrast | * |
| MRA Renal Both | 23 |
| MRCP | 492 |
| MRCP with contrast | 11 |
| MRI Abdomen | 62 |
| MRI Abdomen with contrast | 18 |
| MRI Achilles tendon Left | 33 |
| MRI Achilles tendon Right | 31 |
| MRI Adrenal Both | 39 |
| MRI Adrenal with contrast Both | 7 |
| MRI Ankle Lt | 227 |
| MRI Ankle Rt | 250 |
| MRI Ankle with contrast Lt | 7 |
| MRI Ankle with contrast Rt | 8 |
| MRI Arthrogram hip Lt | 32 |
| MRI Arthrogram hip Rt | 43 |
| MRI Arthrogram shoulder Lt | 41 |
| MRI Arthrogram shoulder Rt | 45 |
| MRI Arthrogram wrist Lt | * |
| MRI Arthrogram wrist Rt | * |
| MRI Axilla Lt | * |
| MRI Axilla Rt | * |
| MRI Axilla with contrast Both | * |
| MRI Axilla with contrast Lt | * |
| MRI Brachial plexus | 50 |
| MRI Brachial plexus with contrast | * |
| MRI Brain and cervical cord | * |
| MRI Breast Both | 22 |
| MRI Breast with contrast Both | 84 |
| MRI Breast with contrast Rt | * |
| MRI Buttock Rt | * |
| MRI Calcaneus Rt | * |
| MRI Cardiac myocardial viability | * |
| MRI Cardiac perfusion | * |
| MRI Cardiac rest perfusion | 256 |
| MRI Cardiac stress perfusion | 322 |
| MRI Cardiac valvular function study | 10 |
| MRI Cervix | * |
| MRI Clavicle Lt | * |
| MRI Clavicle Rt | * |
| MRI Diffusion weighted | 7 |
| MRI Elbow Lt | 69 |
| MRI Elbow Rt | 115 |
| MRI Elbow with contrast Lt | * |
| MRI Elbow with contrast Rt | * |
| MRI Face | * |
| MRI Face with contrast | * |
| MRI Femur Both | 10 |
| MRI Femur Lt | 32 |
| MRI Femur Rt | 27 |
| MRI Femur with contrast Lt | * |
| MRI Femur with contrast Rt | * |
| MRI Fingers Lt | * |
| MRI Fingers Rt | * |
| MRI Foot Lt | 331 |
| MRI Foot Rt | 335 |
| MRI Foot with contrast Lt | * |
| MRI Foot with contrast Rt | * |
| MRI Forearm Lt | 9 |
| MRI Forearm Rt | 9 |
| MRI Forearm with contrast Lt | * |
| MRI Forefoot Lt | * |
| MRI Forefoot Rt | * |
| MRI Groin Both | * |
| MRI Groin Left | * |
| MRI Groin Right | * |
| MRI Hand Lt | 20 |
| MRI Hand Rt | 28 |
| MRI Hand with contrast Lt | 8 |
| MRI Hand with contrast Rt | * |
| MRI Head | 3730 |
| MRI Head with contrast | 436 |
| MRI Hindfoot Lt | * |
| MRI Hindfoot Rt | * |
| MRI Hip Both | 60 |
| MRI Hip Lt | 164 |
| MRI Hip Rt | 187 |
| MRI Hip with contrast Both | * |
| MRI Hip with contrast Lt | * |
| MRI Hip with contrast Rt | * |
| MRI IAM with contrast Both | 21 |
| MRI Internal auditory meatus Both | 634 |
| MRI Knee Lt | 1297 |
| MRI Knee Rt | 1321 |
| MRI Knee with contrast Lt | 10 |
| MRI Knee with contrast Rt | 16 |
| MRI Liver | 8 |
| MRI Liver and spleen | * |
| MRI Liver with contrast | 222 |
| MRI Lower leg Both | 17 |
| MRI Lower leg Lt | 40 |
| MRI Lower leg Rt | 42 |
| MRI Lower leg with contrast Rt | * |
| MRI Lower limb Both | * |
| MRI Lumbar spine and pelvis | * |
| MRI Lumbar spine with contrast | 35 |
| MRI Lumbosacral plexus | * |
| MRI Midfoot Rt | * |
| MRI Neck | 16 |
| MRI Neck with contrast | 341 |
| MRI Orbit Both | 226 |
| MRI Orbit with contrast Both | 19 |
| MRI Pancreas | 25 |
| MRI Pancreas with contrast | 86 |
| MRI Parotid | * |
| MRI Patella tracking | * |
| MRI Pelvis | 391 |
| MRI Pelvis and hip Both | * |
| MRI Pelvis bladder | * |
| MRI Pelvis gynaecological | 57 |
| MRI Pelvis prostate | 9 |
| MRI Pelvis rectum | 221 |
| MRI Pelvis SIJ Both | 229 |
| MRI Pelvis SIJ with contrast Both | * |
| MRI Pelvis with contrast | 593 |
| MRI Penis | * |
| MRI Pituitary | 90 |
| MRI Pituitary with contrast | 177 |
| MRI Prostate with contrast | 686 |
| MRI Renal Both | * |
| MRI Scaphoid Left | * |
| MRI Scapula Lt | 11 |
| MRI Scapula Rt | 11 |
| MRI Shoulder Lt | 461 |
| MRI Shoulder Rt | 543 |
| MRI Shoulder with contrast Lt | * |
| MRI Shoulder with contrast Rt | * |
| MRI Sinuses | 12 |
| MRI Sinuses with contrast | * |
| MRI Skull base | * |
| MRI Small bowel study | * |
| MRI Small Bowel with contrast | 426 |
| MRI Spinal cord | * |
| MRI Spine cervical | 1249 |
| MRI Spine cervical with contrast | 24 |
| MRI Spine cervicothoracic | 117 |
| MRI Spine coccyx | 24 |
| MRI Spine lumbar | 2518 |
| MRI Spine lumbar and sacral | 270 |
| MRI Spine lumbar sacral with contrast | 13 |
| MRI Spine sacrum | 29 |
| MRI Spine thoracic | 170 |
| MRI Spine thoracic with contrast | 22 |
| MRI Spine thoracolumbar | 241 |
| MRI Spine whole | 567 |
| MRI Spine whole with contrast | 18 |
| MRI Sternoclavicular joint Both | 15 |
| MRI Sternum | * |
| MRI Temporomandibular joint Both | 158 |
| MRI Temporomandibular joint Left | * |
| MRI Temporomandibular joint Right | * |
| MRI Thoracic inlet and outlet | * |
| MRI Thorax | 31 |
| MRI Thorax with contrast | * |
| MRI Thumb Lt | * |
| MRI Thumb Rt | 8 |
| MRI Trigeminal nerve | 9 |
| MRI Trigeminal nerve with contrast | * |
| MRI Upper arm Lt | 28 |
| MRI Upper arm Rt | 21 |
| MRI Upper arm with contrast Lt | * |
| MRI Upper arm with contrast Rt | * |
| MRI Whole body | * |
| MRI Wrist Lt | 97 |
| MRI Wrist Rt | 123 |
| MRI Wrist with contrast Rt | * |
| MRV Abdomen and pelvis | * |
| MRV Cranial | 49 |
| MRV Upper limb Rt | * |
| MRV Venogram | * |
| Grand Total | 22256 |
* Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust can confirm that it holds the information you have that this information is exempt under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act (2000) as due to the low numbers involved it is possible that individuals may be identified.
3. As of March 1st, 2021, how many MRI requests are on the waiting list waiting to be scanned? Please could I have this broken down into individual body part/examination too (like in question 2)?
| MRI Exam Name | Number of Patients Waiting |
| MABDO|MRI Abdomen|1 | * |
| MABPA|MRI Pancreas|1 | * |
| MADRB|MRI Adrenal Both|2 | * |
| MAICA|MRA Head|1 | * |
| MANKL|MRI Ankle Lt|1 | * |
| MANKL|MRI Ankle Lt|1|MFOOL|MRI Foot Lt|1 | * |
| MANKR|MRI Ankle Rt|1 | * |
| MANKR|MRI Ankle Rt|1|MANKL|MRI Ankle Lt|1 | * |
| MANKR|MRI Ankle Rt|1|MFOOR|MRI Foot Rt|1 | * |
| MANKRC|MRI Ankle with contrast Rt|1 | * |
| MAREB|MRA Renal Both|2 | * |
| MAXIR|MRI Axilla Rt|1|MMAMBC|MRI Breast with contrast Both|2 | * |
| MBRPX|MRI Brachial plexus|1|MLUSP|MRI Spine lumbar|1 | * |
| MCHES|MRI Thorax|1 | * |
| MCRPS|MRI Cardiac rest perfusion|1 | 19 |
| MCRPS|MRI Cardiac rest perfusion|1|MAAOT|MRA Aorta thoracic|1 | * |
| MCSPN|MRI Spine cervical|1 | 19 |
| MCSPN|MRI Spine cervical|1|MCSPN|MRI Spine cervical|1 | * |
| MCSPN|MRI Spine cervical|1|MLUSP|MRI Spine lumbar|1 | * |
| MCSPN|MRI Spine cervical|1|MSKUH|MRI Head|1 | * |
| MCSPNC|MRI Spine cervical with contrast|1|MSKUHC|MRI Head with contrast|1 | * |
| MCSPS|MRI Cardiac stress perfusion|1 | 40 |
| MCTSP|MRI Spine cervicothoracic|1 | * |
| MCVFS|MRI Cardiac valvular function study|1 | * |
| MCVIA|MRI Cardiac myocardial viability|1 | * |
| MELBL|MRI Elbow Lt|1 | * |
| MELBR|MRI Elbow Rt|1 | * |
| MFARR|MRI Forearm Rt|1 | * |
| MFOOL|MRI Foot Lt|1 | 8 |
| MFOOL|MRI Foot Lt|1|MANKL|MRI Ankle Lt|1 | * |
| MFOOR|MRI Foot Rt|1 | * |
| MFOOR|MRI Foot Rt|1|MANKR|MRI Ankle Rt|1 | * |
| MGROB|MRI Groin Both|2 | * |
| MGROR|MRI Groin Right|1 | * |
| MHANL|MRI Hand Lt|1 | * |
| MHANL|MRI Hand Lt|1|MHANR|MRI Hand Rt|1 | * |
| MHANR|MRI Hand Rt|1 | * |
| MHANRC|MRI Hand with contrast Rt|1 | * |
| MHFOL|MRI Hindfoot Lt|1 | * |
| MHIPB|MRI Hip Both|1 | * |
| MHIPBC|MRI Hip with contrast Both|2|MHIPR|MRI Hip Rt|1|MSIJB|MRI Pelvis SIJ Both|2 | * |
| MHIPL|MRI Hip Lt|1 | * |
| MHIPR|MRI Hip Rt|1 | * |
| MHIPR|MRI Hip Rt|1|MLUSP|MRI Spine lumbar|1 | * |
| MHIPR|MRI Hip Rt|1|MTHIR|MRI Femur Rt|1 | * |
| MIAMB|MRI Internal auditory meatus Both|1 | 10 |
| MIAMB|MRI Internal auditory meatus Both|1|MSKUH|MRI Head|1 | * |
| MIAMB|MRI Internal auditory meatus Both|1|MSKUH|MRI Head|1|MAICA|MRA Head|1|MVICV|MRV Cranial|1 | * |
| MIAMB|MRI Internal auditory meatus Both|1|MSKUH|MRI Head|1|MCSPN|MRI Spine cervical|1 | * |
| MIAMB|MRI Internal auditory meatus Both|1|MSKUH|MRI Head|1|MPARD|MRI Parotid|1 | * |
| MIAMBC|MRI IAM with contrast Both|1 | * |
| MJSHL|MRI Arthrogram shoulder Lt|1 | * |
| MJSHR|MRI Arthrogram shoulder Rt|1 | * |
| MJSHR|MRI Arthrogram shoulder Rt|1|MBRPX|MRI Brachial plexus|1 | * |
| MKIDB|MRI Renal Both|1 | * |
| MKIDB|MRI Renal Both|1|MADRB|MRI Adrenal Both|2 | * |
| MKNEL|MRI Knee Lt|1 | 29 |
| MKNER|MRI Knee Rt|1 | 31 |
| MKNER|MRI Knee Rt|1|MKNEL|MRI Knee Lt|1 | * |
| MKNER|MRI Knee Rt|1|MPELV|MRI Pelvis|1 | * |
| MLIVE|MRI Liver and spleen|1 | * |
| MLIVEC|MRI Liver with contrast|1 | 8 |
| MLIVEC|MRI Liver with contrast|1|MMRCP|MRCP|1 | * |
| MLOLL|MRI Lower leg Lt|1 | * |
| MLOLL|MRI Lower leg Lt|1|MKNEL|MRI Knee Lt|1 | * |
| MLOLR|MRI Lower leg Rt|1 | * |
| MLOLR|MRI Lower leg Rt|1|MLOLL|MRI Lower leg Lt|1 | * |
| MLSPN|MRI Spine lumbar and sacral|1 | * |
| MLSPN|MRI Spine lumbar and sacral|1|MSIJB|MRI Pelvis SIJ Both|2 | * |
| MLUSP|MRI Spine lumbar|1 | 57 |
| MLUSP|MRI Spine lumbar|1|MCSPN|MRI Spine cervical|1 | * |
| MLUSP|MRI Spine lumbar|1|MHIPL|MRI Hip Lt|1 | * |
| MLUSP|MRI Spine lumbar|1|MHIPR|MRI Hip Rt|1 | * |
| MLUSP|MRI Spine lumbar|1|MHIPR|MRI Hip Rt|1|MKNER|MRI Knee Rt|1 | * |
| MLUSP|MRI Spine lumbar|1|MPELV|MRI Pelvis|1 | * |
| MLUSP|MRI Spine lumbar|1|MSACM|MRI Spine sacrum|1 | * |
| MLUSP|MRI Spine lumbar|1|MSIJB|MRI Pelvis SIJ Both|2 | 7 |
| MLUSPC|MRI Lumbar spine with contrast|1 | * |
| MMAMBC|MRI Breast with contrast Both|2 | * |
| MMRCP|MRCP|1 | 11 |
| MMRCP|MRCP|1|MABPA|MRI Pancreas|1 | * |
| MNECK|MRI Neck|1 | * |
| MNECKC|MRI Neck with contrast|1 | 11 |
| MORBB|MRI Orbit Both|1 | * |
| MORBB|MRI Orbit Both|1|MSKUH|MRI Head|1 | * |
| MPANCC|MRI Pancreas with contrast|1|MMRCPC|MRCP with contrast|1 | * |
| MPELV|MRI Pelvis|1 | 13 |
| MPELV|MRI Pelvis|1|MABDO|MRI Abdomen|1 | * |
| MPELV|MRI Pelvis|1|MLUSP|MRI Spine lumbar|1 | * |
| MPELV|MRI Pelvis|1|MSPNW|MRI Spine whole|1 | * |
| MPELV|MRI Pelvis|1|MTHIR|MRI Femur Rt|1 | * |
| MPELV|MRI Pelvis|1|MTLSP|MRI Spine thoracolumbar|1 | * |
| MPELVC|MRI Pelvis with contrast|1 | 25 |
| MPELVC|MRI Pelvis with contrast|1|MABDOC|MRI Abdomen with contrast|1 | * |
| MPENS|MRI Penis|1|MPELV|MRI Pelvis|1 | * |
| MPEST|MRI Pelvis prostate|1 | 10 |
| MPITF|MRI Pituitary|1 | * |
| MPITFC|MRI Pituitary with contrast|1 | * |
| MPROSC|MRI Prostate with contrast|1 | * |
| MRECT|MRI Pelvis rectum|1 | * |
| MSACM|MRI Spine sacrum|1|MCOCX|MRI Spine coccyx|1 | * |
| MSHRL|MRI Shoulder Lt|1 | 10 |
| MSHRL|MRI Shoulder Lt|1|MCSPN|MRI Spine cervical|1 | * |
| MSHRL|MRI Shoulder Lt|1|MSHRR|MRI Shoulder Rt|1 | * |
| MSHRR|MRI Shoulder Rt|1 | 12 |
| MSIJB|MRI Pelvis SIJ Both|2|MLUSP|MRI Spine lumbar|1 | * |
| MSIJB|MRI Pelvis SIJ Both|2|MSPNW|MRI Spine whole|1 | * |
| MSKUH|MRI Head|1 | 58 |
| MSKUH|MRI Head|1|MAICA|MRA Head|1 | * |
| MSKUH|MRI Head|1|MAICA|MRA Head|1|MACTV|MRA Neck|1 | * |
| MSKUH|MRI Head|1|MAICA|MRA Head|1|MANECC|MRA Neck with contrast|1 | * |
| MSKUH|MRI Head|1|MCSPN|MRI Spine cervical|1 | * |
| MSKUH|MRI Head|1|MCSPN|MRI Spine cervical|1|MTSPN|MRI Spine thoracic|1 | * |
| MSKUH|MRI Head|1|MIAMB|MRI Internal auditory meatus Both|1 | * |
| MSKUH|MRI Head|1|MNECK|MRI Neck|1|MABDO|MRI Abdomen|1 | * |
| MSKUH|MRI Head|1|MORBB|MRI Orbit Both|1 | 9 |
| MSKUH|MRI Head|1|MPITF|MRI Pituitary|1 | * |
| MSKUH|MRI Head|1|MVICV|MRV Cranial|1 | * |
| MSKUHC|MRI Head with contrast|1 | 11 |
| MSKUHC|MRI Head with contrast|1|MORBBC|MRI Orbit with contrast Both|1 | * |
| MSMBOC|MRI Small Bowel with contrast|1 | 17 |
| MSPNW|MRI Spine whole|1 | 27 |
| MSPNW|MRI Spine whole|1|MORBB|MRI Orbit Both|1|MSKUH|MRI Head|1 | * |
| MSPNW|MRI Spine whole|1|MPELV|MRI Pelvis|1 | * |
| MSPNW|MRI Spine whole|1|MSIJB|MRI Pelvis SIJ Both|2 | * |
| MSPNW|MRI Spine whole|1|MSKUH|MRI Head|1 | * |
| MTHIL|MRI Femur Lt|1 | * |
| MTHIL|MRI Femur Lt|1|MTHIR|MRI Femur Rt|1 | * |
| MTHIR|MRI Femur Rt|1 | * |
| MTLSP|MRI Spine thoracolumbar|1 | * |
| MTMJB|MRI Temporomandibular joint Both|2 | * |
| MTMJB|MRI Temporomandibular joint Both|2|MNECKC|MRI Neck with contrast|1 | * |
| MTSPN|MRI Spine thoracic|1 | * |
| MTSPN|MRI Spine thoracic|1|MCSPN|MRI Spine cervical|1 | * |
| MTSPN|MRI Spine thoracic|1|MSIJB|MRI Pelvis SIJ Both|2 | * |
| MUPAR|MRI Upper arm Rt|1 | * |
| MUPAR|MRI Upper arm Rt|1|MSHRR|MRI Shoulder Rt|1 | * |
| MVICV|MRV Cranial|1 | * |
| MWRIL|MRI Wrist Lt|1 | * |
| MWRIR|MRI Wrist Rt|1 | * |
| Grand Total | 641 |
* Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust can confirm that it holds the information you have requested. However, the Trust believes that this information is exempt under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act (2000) as due to the low numbers involved it is possible that individuals may be identified.
4. How much money was paid to private companies during the calendar year 2019 for the outsourcing of MRI either to mobile MRI units,private hospitals or private companies staffing hospital scanners to scan NHS patients?
The Trust does not hold this information. The FOI Act 2000 covers all recorded information held by a public authority. In this case, the Trust does not record the information requested. This is a managed service run by Alliance Medical.
5. From question 4 which companies were used and how many patients were scanned?
The Trust does not hold this information. The FOI Act 2000 covers all recorded information held by a public authority. In this case, the Trust does not record the information requested. This is a managed service run by Alliance Medical.
