HC Deb 16 February 1993 vol 219 cc156-7W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish a table showing the number of magnetic resonance scanners in each NHS region per 1,000 population and the number of procedures carried out on each scanner between April and October 1992.

Mr. Sackville

The number of magnetic resonance scanners, including both national health service and private in each NHS region per million population is as follows:

England: Number
East Anglian 0.96
Mersey 1.25
Northern 1.30
North East Thames 3.17
North West Thames 3.63
North Western 1.75
Oxford 1.95
South East Thames 1.09
South West Thames 2.69
South Western 1.84
Trent 1.28
Wessex 0.68
West Midlands 1.15
Yorkshire 0.82
Scotland: 2.16
Wales: 1.04
Northern Ireland: 0.35

Details of the number of procedures carried out on each scanner between April and October 1992 is not held centrally.