GP referrals for CT head scans jump in Canterbury

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GP referrals for CT head scans jump in Canterbury

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Community CT head scans in Canterbury have jumped from 34 in 2011 to 1740 in 2021 but the number of abnormalities found has stayed the same
“In truth I’m torn, as every one of these scans done in the community potentially represents one patient who isn’t sent to ED for review for whether t, Canterbury CT head scan data 2006-2021 GRAPH, Raw data on Canterbury community CT head scans [Source: South GP CME conference presentation by Christchurch emergency medicine specialist Dominic Fle