Many NHS scanners and machines 'out of date'

Many NHS scanners and machines 'out of date' 63% of 111 English hospital trusts have at least one scanner that is at least a decade old, with oldest MRI scanner aged 23, figures reveal

Out-of-date scanners are commonplace across England’s hospitals, new figures suggest. Many machines that are used day in, day out for diagnostic tests and to deliver cancer treatment to patients are years past their “best before” dates, the statistics show.

Experts recommend that radiotherapy machines, as well as MRI and CT scanners, should be scrapped after 10 years, but English hospitals are using some that are as much as 23 years old, officials have admitted. Continue reading... The Guardian