§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many CAT scanners there are in London. [56946]
§ Yvette CooperThere are currently approximately 60 Computed Tomography (CT) scanners installed in the national health service in the London region.
Under a central modernisation programme, funding has been made available to ensure that no CT scanner used in the diagnosis of cancer will be more than 10 years old by 2004. This programme will allow the replacement of 19 CT scanners in London, of which 14 have already been delivered.