Diagnostic Imaging Dataset

What information is available?

The Diagnostic Imaging Dataset (DID) contains detailed information about diagnostic imaging tests carried out on NHS patients, extracted from providers Radiology Information Systems and submitted monthly. The data are collected on a three-month rolling basis and are displayed monthly.

These data items give powerful information about access of NHS patients to diagnostic imaging tests per organisation and across the country enabling analysis of demographic and geographic variation in access to different test types and providers.

This dataset will provide information on the utilisation of high value imaging equipment such as MRI scanners and the information from the DID will also inform accreditation processes for imaging departments through the UK Imaging Services Accreditation Scheme and the assessment of imaging services by the Care Quality Commission.

Information about diagnostic testing could be linked to cancer patient’s records held in Cancer Registries, expanding the understanding we have of their treatment pathway.

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It currently contains the following dataset:

• Submission Difference between Test Request Received Date & Date of Test, Difference between Test Request Received Date & Test Request Date,Difference between Test Request Received Date & Service Report Issue Date,Difference between Date of Test & Service Report Issue Date
  These can be broken down by:

  • Age band
  • Gender
  • Ethnicity
  • Imaging Code: NICIP
  • Imaging Code: SNOMED-CT
  • NHS Number Status Indicator Code
  • Organisation (Providers)
  • Organisation Site (Site Code of Imaging)
  • Organisation (Referring Organisation)
  • GP Practice
  • Time
  • Patient Source Setting Type

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When does the information date from?

The data dates from April 2012.

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How often is the information updated?

The dataset is updated monthly following the successful upload of the previous full month’s submission.

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