HC Deb 29 January 1953 vol 510 cc144-5W
Mr. Ness Edwards

asked the Minister of Health (1) the intended programme of mobile mass radiography units; and the estimated annual cost;

(2) the number of mobile mass radiography units now in operation; the number of staff engaged therewith; and the total annual cost.

Mr. Iain Macleod

There are at present 60 units operated by regional hospital boards in England and Wales. The number of staff was 555 at the end of 1951, the latest date for which figures are at present available. Approved running expenditure for the financial year 1952–3 was £518,867. Three additional units have recently been allocated and the operation of these is likely to increase the annual cost by some £26,000, but no major changes in the scale of the service are contemplated.