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Tuesday 22 October 2024
Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_7546

Internal Reference Number: FOI_7546

Date Request Received: 10/11/2023 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 20/11/2023 00:00:00

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Request Summary: MRI scans

Request Category: Companies



 
Question Number 1:
Please provide the above information for the five financial years ending 2021/22. The number of MRI scans performed for the following,

Central Nervous System

• Brain
• Spine
• Other Surrounding Tissue
• Whole Body
• Head & Neck
• Thorax, including Breast
• Abdomen, including Liver & Kidneys
• Pelvis, including Prostate
• Musculo-skeletal system
• Other
• Cardiac
• Angiography
 
Answer To Question 1:
Please see our response to this FOI in the spreadsheet attached. Please note, we are unable to answer questions 4 and 5 as this information is not reliably recorded.

To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:

 11810 - FOI_7546 - MRI Scans For issue.xlsx
 
Question Number 2:
The number of MRI scans for the above listed investigations using a macrocyclic gadolinium contrast agent(s)
 
Answer To Question 2:
Please see our response to this FOI in the spreadsheet attached. Please note, we are unable to answer questions 4 and 5 as this information is not reliably recorded.
 
Question Number 3:
The average number of doses of a macrocyclic gadolinium contrast agent(s) per scan
 
Answer To Question 3:
Please see our response to this FOI in the spreadsheet attached. Please note, we are unable to answer questions 4 and 5 as this information is not reliably recorded.
 
Question Number 4:
The number of rescans, which are performed due to the outcome of a poor-quality image when using a macrocyclic gadolinium contrast agent in the initial scan.
 
Answer To Question 4:
Please see our response to this FOI in the spreadsheet attached. Please note, we are unable to answer questions 4 and 5 as this information is not reliably recorded.
 
Question Number 5:
The number of rereports required due to the outcome of a poor-quality image when using a macrocyclic gadolinium contrast agent in the initial scan.
 
Answer To Question 5:
Please see our response to this FOI in the spreadsheet attached. Please note, we are unable to answer questions 4 and 5 as this information is not reliably recorded.
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