Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 900637

Hospitals: Medical Equipment

Tabled: 9 October 2024
Answered: 15 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Richard Foord

Liberal DemocratHoniton and Sidmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the condition of NHS hospital equipment.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Darzi review made it clear that the NHS has been starved of capital, with outdated scanners and is 15 years behind the independent sector in its use of technology.We will make the NHS fit for the future, replacing outdated equipment and providing hosp...

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