We offer specialist occupational lung disease services for occupational health companies and respiratory specialists.
We provide diagnostic services for employers/workers who may have potential work related exposures which result in respiratory symptoms, abnormal imaging or abnormal breathing tests.
Excluding a potential issue is as important as confirming one as this allows the worker back into the workplace with reassurance for both worker and employer
We also offer a consulting service to advise/assist in the development of screening programmes for respirable crystalline silica (in terms of surveillance imaging, questionnaire and lung function), respiratory sensitisers and irritants
Respiratory Consultant
MB, BCh, MRCP UK(Resp), MSc(Occ Med), FRCP(Edin), FFOM(I), FRCPI
Dr Paul McKeagney is a Consultant Respiratory Physician with specialist interests in Occupational Lung Disease and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). He is based at the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, where he leads the Occupational Lung Disease Clinic in the Regional Respiratory Centre at Belfast City Hospital.
Dr McKeagney graduated from Queen’s University Belfast in 2000 and completed specialist training in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine across Northern Ireland. He was awarded a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in 2012 and is listed on the Specialist Register for Respiratory and General Internal Medicine with both the UK General Medical Council (GMC No. 4707686) and the Irish Medical Council (No. 522420).
Alongside his respiratory practice, Dr McKeagney has extensive expertise in occupational medicine. He completed a Master’s Degree in Occupational Medicine at the Cardiff University, where he was awarded the D’Horia Prize. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, and a Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine RCPI.
Dr McKeagney is also certified by the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as a B Reader, enabling him to interpret chest X-rays using the internationally recognised ILO classification system for occupational lung diseases.
He is an active member of several professional organisations, including the UK Group of Occupational Respiratory Disease Specialists (GORDS), the Northern Ireland Occupational Health Practitioners Group, and the Irish Thoracic Society, where he serves as the Northern Ireland representative on Council. He is also a former Secretary of the Ulster Thoracic Society.
In addition to his occupational lung disease work, Dr McKeagney chairs the regional Advanced Emphysema and Lung Volume Reduction multidisciplinary team (MDT). He is a recognised trainer and Educational Supervisor for doctors in Foundation and Specialist Training by the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency (NIMDTA) and the General Medical Council (GMC).