Dunedin Hospital's radiology department has been labelled high risk in an external review

The Otago Daily Times reports - The International Accreditation of New Zealand found the department has 40 percent too few radiologists.

It also says the unit could run into a potential accommodation problem with the new hospital build delayed.

The hospital is now among those with radiology departments recently deemed as high risk - along with Taranaki, Counties Manukau, Nelson and Waitemata.