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Commons · Question 16844 · Tabled 8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 13 Jul 2026

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Asked by Derek Twigg

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) CT Scanners and (b) MRI scanners were in NHS hospitals on (i) 1 April 2015, (ii) 1 April 2020 and (iii) April 2026.

Answer

Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 13 Jul 2026

The number of computed tomography (CT) scanners and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners in National Health Service hospitals is published by the National Imaging Data Collection (NIDC) asset register.The published NIDC data does not cover data from ...