Agreement for the Supply of Medical Physics Quality Assurance and Expert Services to Somerset Breast Screening, Taunton Breast care Centre and Breast Unit, Yeovil District Hospital.

Agreement for the Supply of Medical Physics Quality Assurance and Expert Services to Somerset Breast Screening, Taunton Breast care Centre and Breast Unit, Yeovil District Hospital.

The Services of a Medical Physics Expert as required under Regulation 14 of the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 (IRMER2017).

Including:

• Advice and support on the optimisation of dose and image quality in line with relevant NHSBSP and other professional guidance.
• Advice on equipment purchase and procurement.
• Performance testing of mammographic X-ray systems as required by Regulation 15 of the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 (IRMER2017), and in compliance with recommended IPEM and NHSBSP Standards.
• Provision of an annual dose survey - data extraction, analysis and report. Submission of data for regional and national reports, when requested.
• Calculation of patient doses for radiation incidents.
• Presence at visits by CQC, as required.
• Support for radiographer routine quality control.
• Provision and maintenance of spreadsheets for the recording and review of radiographer routine quality control measurements.
• Regular monitoring of routine quality control measurements, comparing with national standards and regional data, where available.
• Performance measurements and support for the QA of breast ultrasound equipment as recommended in NHSBSP Standards.
• Performance measurements of primary reporting monitors as recommended in NHSBSP Standards.