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Written question asked by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 May 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 May 2006. It was answered by Andy Burnham (Labour) on Monday, 22 May 2006 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Diagnostic Scans

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many diagnostic scans were carried out by Alliance Medical Ltd. in the NHS in County Durham (a) in each of the last 12 months and (b) in each of the previous five years.
Answer

[holding answer 15 May 2006]: Alliance Medical Limited (AML) has not provided any diagnostic scans from within County Durham. An AML mobile unit does operate a service from the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough. The unit has visited the hospital on eight occasions since contract commencement in July 2004. The total number of scans are shown in the table. The number referred from specific local areas is not held centrally.

Month/year Number of scans
September 2004 65
November 2004 82
December 2004 182
January 2005 65
July 2005 119
November 2005 165
January 2006 149
March 2006 133
Total 960
Source:
Department of Health

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
70810; 446 c1560-1W;446 c1559-60W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Screening Alliance Medical County Durham
Link
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