The benchmarking document previously posted has been updated. The issue of benchmarking is coming to the fore in UK radiology - with the move to PACS and a time sensitive Consultant contract employers are keen to divorce scan performance from the reporting process and at the same time maximise reported examination volume as an easily measurable indicator of radiological performance. This kind of simple analysis is all too simply performed with modern Radiology Information Systems (RIS). However, this does not accurately reflect complexity of workload and the ‘whole picture’ of what clinical radiologists perform as part of Direct Clinical Care (DCC) activities. Already unrealistic estimates of how much reporting DCC activity can be accomplished in any given DCC period have been promulgated with little thought as to the complexity of different examinations let alone differing complexity of the same examinations for differing conditions and in different circumstances. It is clear that the profession should lead this process to ensure a fair and equitable benchmarking method that can allow equitable comparisons of radiological workload for radiologists working with different modalities in differing workflow environments, specialising in different body systems with differing support levels and different pathological casemix. As the special interest group of the RCR for cardiovascular imaging the BSCI could take a lead in this since the complexity of our work varies widely with many techniques on the ‘cutting edge’ of radiology, however, to be truly successful this should be replicated by the other special interest groups that advise the RCR.