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Written question asked by David Davis (Conservative) on Friday, 12 April 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 19 April 2002. It was answered by Yvette Cooper (Labour) on Friday, 19 April 2002 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of cancer were detected using (a) x-rays and (b) CT scanners in each hospital trust in the last 12 months. - Including fact that information requested is not available.
Answer

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of cancer were detected using (a) x-rays and (b) CT scanners in each hospital trust in the last 12 months. [50614] Yvette Cooper: This information requested is not available. Information on the numbers of diagnostic tests undertaken annually does not record the clinical outcome of each individual test.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
50614; 383 c1241W
Session
2001-02
Subjects
Cancer Diagnosis Medical equipment X-rays Tomography
Link
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