§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list those health authorities that have, and those that do not have, a body scanner to serve their region.
§ Sir George YoungA body scanner has been installed in at least one district in each of the following National Health Service regions:
- North-East Thames
- North-West Thames
- South-East Thames
- North-Western
- South-Western
- West Midlands
- Yorkshire.
The following regions do not yet have body scanners:
- East Anglia
- Mersey
- Northern
- Oxford
- South-West Thames
- Trent
- Wessex.
I understand that scanners are on order in the Northern, South-West Thames and Trent regions.