Must Radiologists do all the Reporting?

Abstract

Your Editorial in July asks if radiologists must do all the reporting, and you publish a letter from Dr. Emrys-Roberts. With an increased work-load and a shortage of radiologists, the ideal of reporting on all X-ray examinations is one few of us can accomplish. Indeed, it is foolish to try. It results in reporting at too fast a rate, leading to an increase in errors and distortion of the work pattern as too little time is available for lengthy specialized procedures. Today, many films have to pass through X-ray departments unreported, the type of case varying from hospital to hospital and with the working agreements of the clinicians concerned.