Trust conducts 'thorough investigation’ after PAs found to be ordering CT scans

University Hospital Lewisham. Credit: Gilo1969/ Creative Commons

By Daniel Pye

An NHS trust is conducting a “thorough investigation” into why dozens of CT head trauma scans were ordered by physician associates during the last 3 years.

A Freedom of Information request to Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT), seen by Doctors.net.uk, asked how many CT head scans had been made by an emergency department PA [at University Hospital Lewisham] over the last 3 years?