Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 23 March 2010, if she is now in a position to furnish a reply. [27394/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The HSE has been auditing the situation regarding radiology reports in other hospitals arising from the recent events in Tallaght Hospital and have informed my Department that the work on the audit is continuing and it is expected that this work will be completed and the audit published in the coming weeks. The Faculty of Radiology, in conjunction with the HSE, has developed a national guideline which sets out the circumstances in which it is appropriate for X-rays to be read by a radiologist or by another clinician. This guideline has been communicated to all hospitals and is being implemented. This will require that hospitals develop standardised operating practices and systems for audit. The HSE will also audit the operation of these standardised operating practices in hospitals quarterly in future.