HC Deb 20 April 1989 vol 151 c262W
Mr. Robin Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the staffing levels recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection for radiotherapy physicists in terms of new courses on radiotherapy treatment.

Mr. Mellor

In 1985 the international commission on radiological protection published a document entitled "Protection of the Patient in Radiation Therapy". Page 39 of that document states that one of the goals for radiation oncology staffing is one medical physicist per 400 new patients treated per year.

Mr. Robin Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each region(a) the number of radiotherapy physicists required to fulfil the staffing levels recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection in terms of new courses of radiotherapy treatment and (b) the number of such radiotherapy physicists currently in post.

Mr. Mellor

This information is not available centrally.