CASE STUDY Radiology Department – Productivity Improvement & Cost Reduction Programme Background The client was a large Imaging department providing diagnostic imaging to patients across two main sites, with a team of radiologist consultants reporting on scans. The Trust were faced with a large backlog of unreported scans and a rising extra spend on both insourcing and outsourcing of reports. Furthermore, the department were tasked with identifying savings by conducting a workforce review with the aim of reducing the running costs of the department. Finally, the Trust were consistently breaching in both the scanning of patients from the referral date and the completion of the report. Meridian were invited to conduct an analysis to identify opportun

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