Table 1

Numbers and breakdown of thoracic ultrasound examinations performed within radiology and respiratory departments

HospitalRadiology numbersRespiratory numbers
(range, mean per week)		Pleural clinics/week (N)Pleural procedure lists/week (N)
Pleural clinicPleural procedure listAd hoc resp wardAd hoc day unitAd hoc other wardAd hoc other clinic
TotalRange (per session)Mean per week
Great Western Hospital, Swindon0000–7
4.5		*0–2
1		3–5
3.75		3–5
4		*1N/A
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital0003–5
4		1–2
1.25		****11
Bristol Royal Infirmary200–252–5
3.75		*0–4
1.5		*4–11
7		*1N/A
Southmead Hospital, Bristol00010
10		3
3		9
9		5
5		10
10		*11
Royal United Hospital, Bath0008
8		*3
3		*5
5		*20
Royal Cornwall Hospital440–411*1–4
2.5		2–4
2.75		0–2
1		2–6
4.25		0–1
0.5		00–1
Churchill Hospital, Oxford290–37.2523–44
36.5		5–12
9.5		1–5
*		0–1
*		1–2
*		*22
University Hospital South Manchester160–3412–16
13.75		4–6
4.75		1–2
1.5		*0–2
1		*22
Fairfield General Hospital, Bury10–10.25**0–3
0.75		0–1
0.5		**00
East Lancashire Hospital490–412.250–5
3		2–4
4		2–4
3.25		*0–6
2		*12
Mid-Cheshire Hospital40–11**1–3
1.75		0–1
0.75		0–1
0.25		*00
Wirral University NHS Trust80–320–4
2.75		1–2
1.5		3–5
4.25		0–1
0.5		0–2
0.75		*11
North Manchester General Hospital0004–6
5.3		2–3
2.7		2
2		*1–3
2		*11
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital000*8–10
9		8–16
12.5		*12–18
15		*01

  • *No opportunities, shaded, estimated numbers.