Question reference: S6W-23617
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 5 December 2023
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Current status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 December 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is doing to reduce waiting times for MRI scans in Ayrshire.
Answer
Since 2021, the Scottish Government have provided three permanent CT scanners to support core capacity within Boards, including a mobile CT pod currently stationed in NHS Lothian, which is deployed flexibly to support Boards that require additional capacity. In addition, one further mobile CT and seven mobile MRI scanners are being used across multiple NHS Boards to provide additional capacity during 2023-24.
NHS Ayrshire and Arran has had a mobile MRI scanner throughout 2023-24 to help reduce their waiting lists.
At the end of April 2021, 61.6% patients having an MRI in NHS Ayrshire and Arran were scanned within 6 weeks; in September 2023 this had risen to 86.2% within 6 weeks.