§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's oral statement of 17 March 2004,Official Report, column 332, on the Financial Statement, how many elective admissions there were for (a) MRI scans and (b) CT scans in each year since 1997. [174584]
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§ Mr. HuttonData outlining how many elective admissions there were for(a) magnetic resonance imaging scans and (b) computer tomography scans are not collected centrally.
However, a count of imaging and radiodiagnostic examinations or tests by imaging modality is collected on the Department's KH1 2 return. Data on MRI and CT scans is shown in the table.
Total number of imaging and radiodiagnostic examinations or tests, CT and MRI, England, 1995–96 to 2002–03 1CT 2MRI 1995–96 1,709,244 347,817 1996–97 1,056,365 394,940 1997–98 1,172,656 473,074 1998–99 1,254,474 522,138 1999–00 1,359,852 585,797 2000–01 1,488,752 632,594 2001–02 1,625,304 705,706 2002–03 1,767,791 786,646 1 Computer tomography 2 Magnetic resonance imaging: Source: Department of Health form KH12