HC Deb 30 January 1989 vol 146 cc73-4W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what records are kept of incidents of radiation over/dosage within the National Health Service; and how many such incidents have been recorded in each of the last five years.

Mr. Nicholls

The Health and Safety Executive keeps a record of all over/exposures of employees and other persons, and also of medical exposures of patients that are much greater than intended because of malfunction of or defect in the radiation equipment used, that are required to be notified under the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985.

Since 1 December 1986, the earliest date for which such records are centrally available, the number of overdose incidents within the National Health Service which have been reported to the Health and Safety Executive in each year are as follows:

Number
1986 5
1987 8
1988 4