Health: Screening
(asked on 12th December 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP-requested (a) chest x-ray, (b) non-obstetric ultrasound, (c) flexi-sigmoidoscopies, (d) colonoscopies and (e) brain MRIs took place in each of the last five years.
The information requested is not available in the format requested.
A breakdown of the number of diagnostic tests requested by general practitioners (GPs) is not collected separately. Information is collected on the number of diagnostic tests requested by all referrers, including GPs, and is shown in the table below.
Number of non-obstetric ultrasounds, flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy and MRI tests, 2009-10 to 2013-14
Year | Number of Non-obstetric ultrasounds tests | Number of Flexible sigmoidoscopy tests | Number of Colonoscopy tests | Number of MRI tests |
2009-10 | 5,073,625 | 197,342 | 315,657 | 1,895,842 |
2010-11 | 5,353,578 | 200,462 | 324,429 | 2,035,440 |
2011-12 | 5,592,035 | 217,767 | 360,443 | 2,192,511 |
2012-13 | 5,918,780 | 232,674 | 399,637 | 2,407,441 |
2013-14 | 6,314,999 | 228,756 | 401,278 | 2,667,286 |
Source: Monthly diagnostic waiting times and activity, NHS England