NI trust to review 13,000 radiology images amid concern about work of consultant

Some of the radiology scans took place at the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine (Paul Faith/PA)

A Northern Ireland health trust has announced it is to review more than 13,000 radiology images of patients following concerns about the work of a locum consultant radiologist.

The Northern Trust confirmed that it has commenced a “lookback review” into radiology image reporting completed by the radiologist, who had been engaged by the trust between July 2019 and February 2020.