Imaging performance

We track collective performance from all the imaging services in the peninsula and present it here several times a year.

 

May 2025 update

  Total demand Total activity
  A green arrow pointing up +6% A green arrow pointing up +6%
12 months to date 1,618,743 1,718,284
Previous 12 months 1,450,510 1,532,390

The selected data above is for all four PenRAD trusts in the year to date (end March 2025). As of last month, both demand and activity are up 6% compared to the previous year.

 

Outpatient and GP data

Performance: request to attend
Urgency April-March 2024 April-March 2025 Variance
2-week wait (2-week target) 82.44% 84.43% +2.0%
Urgent (6-week target) 87.08% 89.26% +2.2%
Routine (6-week target) 77.56% 78.33% +0.8%

 

Performance: attend to report
Urgency April-March 2024 April-March 2025 Variance
2-week wait (2-week target) 78.93% 80.71% +1.8%
Urgent (6-week target) 83.17% 84.16% +1.0%
Routine (6-week target) 97.30% 97.50% +0.2%

 

Reporting times are monitored for adherence to NHS England's diagnostic imaging reporting turnaround times released in August 2023. It is expected that these targets may be shortened in the near future, hence we apply a routine target of two rather than four weeks.