The National Clinical Programme (NCP) for Interventional Radiology (IR) aims to improve Interventional Radiology care for all patients.

The programme support hospitals to provide:

• high-quality care
• timely services
• accessible and equal care
• better organised services

Find more information on the NCP for Interventional Radiology

NCP objectives

A multidisciplinary working group helps the programme achieve its objectives.

This group includes:

• consultant interventional radiologists
• radiographers
• nurses
• healthcare professionals from related areas- such as surgery, trauma, anaesthesia or obstetrics

The priorities of the NCP for IR are:

• to find and address gaps and variations in the delivery of scheduled and emergency IR
• to create a care model for IR based on clinical needs