Monday 18 October 2021

NHS England hospitals having to rely on ‘obsolete’ imaging equipment

NHS England hospitals having to rely on ‘obsolete’ imaging equipment Research by Channel 4’s Dispatches reveals use of CT and MRI scanners that are 10 years old or more in about third of trusts

About a third of NHS trusts in England are using “technically obsolete” imaging equipment that could be putting patients’ health at risk, while existing shortages of doctors who are qualified to diagnose and treat disease and injuries using medical imaging techniques could triple by 2030. The Guardian 

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