§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list those isotope departments and pathology laboratories which are eligible to apply for accreditation by her Department; if she will list those pathology laboratories and isotope departments which have been(a) granted or (b) refused accreditation; and if she will indicate the grounds on which accreditation was refused.
§ Mr. SackvilleNeither isotope departments or pathology laboratories have to be accredited by the Department. There are several professional accreditation 213W schemes but participation by laboratories is voluntary. Information is not kept centrally on details of applications to these schemes or their outcome. A clinician who wishes to administer—inject into—a human being a radioactive substance is required to hold a certificate, issued under the provisions of the Medicines (Administration of Radioactive Substances) Regulations 1978, before administering such a product. The site where such a clinician is based does not need to be accredited.