Table 1 National Societies audit survey results

Q1

Yes - high priority

No - but becoming more important

No - not currently

Is the promotion and development of clinical audit currently a high priority in your national society?

15 (41.67%)

17 (47.22%)

4 (11.11%)

Q2

Yes

No

In development / under consideration

Do you have an administrative facility within your national society responsible for the promotion and development of clinical audit?

8 (22.22%)

19 (52.78%)

9 (25.00%)

Q3

Yes

No

Partial - some, not all

Do you have a functional means of communication (post, email, fax) with all radiology departments in your country?

26 (72.22%)

1 (2.78%)

9 (25.00%)

Q4

Yes

No

Yes - but not regularly

Do you communicate on a regular basis with - and receive feedback/comments from radiology departments in your country e.g. announcement of new developments, guidelines, standards?

13 (36.11%)

4 (11.11%)

19 (52.78%)

Q5

Yes

No

Some, not all

Don't know

Do radiology departments in your country have adequately resourced and funded internal administrative support to support departmental participation in clinical audit?

4 (11.11%)

14 (38.89%)

15 (41.67%)

3 (8.33%)

Q6

Central government

Local government

National society

Internal departmental resources

Industry / private finance

Other payer

If the answer to question 5 is "yes", departmental audit is funded and supported, what is the usual source of this funding (you may tick more than one response)?

5 (20.83%)

7 (29.17%)

4 (16.67%)

13 (54.17%)

3 (12.50%)

3 (12.50%)

Q7

Yes, all departments - led by national society

Partial, some departments - led by national society

Yes / partial - national society does not lead

No

Is there a co-ordinated national programme of clinical audit in your country involving all radiology departments?

4 (11.11%)

6 (16.67%)

12 (33.33%)

14 (38.89%)

Q8

Yes

No (skip to Q10)

The ESR sees development and support of clinical audit as a high priority - the first edition of Esperanto, the ESR Clinical Audit Guide, was sent to national societies in Europe in 2017. Is your national society aware of this publication?

24 (66.67%)

12 (33.33%)

Q9

Yes - sent to all

Yes - partial distribution

No - but proposed

No - and not proposed

N/A

Unaware of this publication

Has your national society distributed the ESR Esperanto Clinical Audit Guide to radiology departments in your country?

3 (12.50%)

5 (20.83%)

3 (12.50%)

9 (37.50%)

4 (16.67%)

0

Q10

Yes - mainly positive

Yes - mixed

Yes - mainly negative

No

Has your national society had feedback from radiology departments on Esperanto?

1 (2.78%)

2 (5.56%)

0

33 (91.67%)

Q11

Yes

Potentially

No - not at this time

In principle would your national society support a pan European survey involving all eligible radiology departments (departmental identity kept confidential) evaluating compliance with any national regulatory requirements in place and intended to transpose Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom (BSSD) requirements?

21 (58.33%)

12 (33.33%)

3 (8.33%)

Q12

Yes

Potentially - but internal investment needed

No - not at this time

If a pan European survey was proposed, does your national society have the necessary infrastructure and administrative resources to support this project?

3 (8.33%)

20 (55.56%)

13 (36.11%)

Q13

legal requirement with regulatory oversight

legal requirement with no specific oversight or checking

no specific provision at the moment

How has the Euratom requirement that "clinical audits are carried out in accordance with national procedures" been transposed into national law in your country?

10 (27.78%)

10 (27.78%)

16 (44.44%)

Q14

hospital-based responsibility

departmental responsibility

individual pratictioner responsibility

How do your national procedures regulate responsibility for clinical audit?

16 (44.44%)

15 (41.67%)

5 (13.89%)

Total rates

Response

No Response

Total

ESR National Societies

36

11

47 (as of Nov. 2018 - 48 national societies in total)