An implementation facilitation intervention to improve the musculoskeletal X-ray reporting by radiographers across London.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The National Healthcare Service (NHS) radiology service delivery in London is representative of the current pressures and challenges faced in England of Musculoskeletal (MSK) X-ray reporting workforce shortages, and national turnaround time (TATs) targets. The implementation project evaluated facilitation as a strategy to achieve the NHS England 50% target for all MSK X-rays to be reported by radiographers.

Methods

The project was an eight-month multi-centre (n = 5 London NHS Trusts) study applying the Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARIHS) framework with embedded mixed-methods evaluation. Initial observational data using the Context Assessment Index (CAI) tool and the Workplace Culture Critical Analysis Tool (WCCAT) set the implem

SUBMITTER: Lockwood P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11827166 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature