The Cheshire & Merseyside Collaborative trainee-led on-call service: a review of safety and efficiency

•The Collaborative has lower discrepancy rates than the RCR standards. issues reports in an average of 30 minutes. is safe and efficient at delivering on-call radiology services. AIM To assess safety efficiency Cheshire & Merseyside Collaborative, largest trainee led service UK, based on time taken to issue reports. MATERIALS METHODS All studies reported by collaborative a 4-week period were evaluated for report. These figures compared against Royal College Radiologists (RCR) guidelines recent national audit rates. The report was measured National Institute Health Clinical Excellence (NICE) Trauma Audit Research Network (TARN) guidelines. RESULTS overall 2.5% minor discrepancies 2% major discrepancies, which within standard. median min, NICE TARN 1-h targets. CONCLUSIONS can be deemed way out-of-hours service.