AQW 27003/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health

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.

Asked by Danny Donnelly MLA on 13 May 2025

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Written

Tabled: 13 May 2025
Answer due by: 29 May 2025
Answered: 29 May 202516 days after tabling
Department: Department of Health
Priority question: No

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.

Official sources