The Health Service Executive (HSE) has said that its look-back review of radiology services in the north-east is now in the final stages of completion and that the full report is expected to be published in September.
It said that the radiology look-back review was prompted by concerns that a very small number of patients in two Louth/Meath hospitals during 2006/7 who had their diagnosis delayed because an abnormality on their chest X-ray was not noted on initial examination.
"Louth/Meath hospitals have been in contact with the patients concerned as their review results have become available, and our communication with patients on this matter continues to take precedence over all other updates or public statements", the HSE said in a statement today.
It said that some clinical review work remained outstanding.
The current review involves all chest X-rays and CT scans reported on by a locum consultant radiologist who worked in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda and Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, between August 2006 and August 2007.
Letters have been issued by the HSE to nearly 4,600 patients affected.
