Magnetic Resonance Imagers
Commons · Question 109228 · Tabled 28 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the (a) accessibility and (b) availability of functional MRI scans.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 6 Feb 2026
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans can be taken on standard clinical MRI machines. However, whilst functional MRI requires specialised software to detect blood flow changes, the blood-oxygen-level-dependent signal, and sometimes extra equip...