AQW 27003/22-27
Mr Danny Donnelly
Alliance Party
East Antrim
Tabled Date: 13/05/2025
Answered On Date: 29/05/2025
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail how many diagnostic imaging scanners, including (i) MRI; (ii) CT; (iii) x-ray; and (iv) ultrasound equipment , have been decommissioned in each of the last ten years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
Answer:
The following figures (provided by each HSC Trust) detail the numbers of diagnostic scanners which have been decommissioned in each year since 2015: TRUST / YEAR | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | TOTAL | BHSCT | | | | | | | | | | | | | MRI | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | CT | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | X-Ray | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | 14 | Ultrasound | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 6 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 13 | SEHSCT | | | | | | | | | | | | | MRI | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | CT | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | X-Ray | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | - | 27 | Ultrasound | - | - | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | - | 22 | NHSCT | | | | | | | | | | | | | MRI | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | CT | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 | X-Ray | - | *2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 9 | 6 | 2 | 20 | Ultrasound | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 10 | WHSCT | | | | | | | | | | | | | MRI | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | CT | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | X-Ray | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 (*1) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 23 | Ultrasound | - | 5 | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | 26 | SHSCT | | | | | | | | | | | | | MRI | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | CT | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | X-Ray | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | Ultrasound | | 1 | | 1 | 8 | | | 1 | 1 | 3 | | 15 |
*where Trusts have indicated that equipment was decommissioned and not replaced.
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