HC Deb 11 December 2001 vol 376 cc734-5W
38. Mr. Jack

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what criteria will be used to distribute the next 50 CT and MRI scanners. [19693]

Jacqui Smith

Criteria for the distribution of the 50 CT and 50 MRI scanners announced in the NHS Cancer Plan have yet to be decided.

However, databases of current equipment and regional provision as well as local information, such as the cancer networks facilities and equipment strategies, will be used to help formulate criteria for allocation.