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Aug 2021
Northern Trust radiologist review reveals ‘major discrepancies’
A review into the work of a locum consultant radiologist has identified “major discrepancies” affecting 12 cases so far.
The doctor worked at hospitals run by the Northern Health Trust in Northern Ireland between July 2019 and February 2020.
Dr Seamus O’Reilly, chair of the review steering group, said of the findings “We believe there may be a number of patients who have died as a result of this but we are not sure at this moment in time if they died as a result of a failure to diagnose something or not.”
He added that a Serious Adverse Incidents (SAI) investigation, which will allow the trust to provide further information, is being carried out, and said that the trust will liaise with any affected families “in due course”.
The review looked at thousands of radiology images, categorising them in levels from five to one, with five meaning no discrepancy was found and one meaning “a major discrepancy has been identified that could have had immediate and significant clinical impact.”
The level two category also means a major discrepancy with “probably clinical impact” and it is “images in levels one and two are we are most concerned about”.
Dr O’Reilly said “To date there are 12 level ones and twos (approximately 0.5% of the total reviewed).
“Most of these concern CT scans where inaccurate initial reading of the scans could, or is likely to, have had an impact on the patient’s clinical treatment and outcome.”
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