FOI_9226

Internal Reference Number: FOI_9226

Date Request Received: 16/02/2026 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 23/02/2026 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Radiology

Request Category: Companies


Question Number 1: For the calendar year of 2025, please could you tell me how many individual MRI examinations were performed overall?

Answer To Question 1: 15728 MRI exams in 2025.

Question Number 2: For the calendar year of 2025, please could you give a breakdown of the individual MRI examinations performed into body part/area? For instance, how many brain scans, spine scans etc. I am happy with whichever body part description is input in the PACS system.

Answer To Question 2: Breakdown of scans by body part: Body part Number of scans Abdomen 5624 Ankle 231 Arm 27 Breast 6 Chest 1423 Elbow 49 Feet 170 Forearm 8 Groin 16 Hand 25 Head 4673 Hips 401 Knee 1020 Legs 110 Lower Legs 100 Neck 1414 Shoulder 324 Wrist 107

Question Number 3: As of the start of 2026, what would the waiting time be (in weeks) for a routine MRI scan (for example how long would a patient have to wait if they were referred for a routine MRI scan of their knee)?

Answer To Question 3: Average wait for MRI knees in January 2026: 48.5 days.

Question Number 4: How much money was paid to private companies during the calendar year 2025 for the outsourcing of MRI either to mobile MRI units, private hospitals or private companies staffing hospital scanners to scan NHS patients?

Answer To Question 4: Radiology report they do not have any. They had the mobile MRI CDC van in 23/24, but only do CT currently.

Question Number 5: From question 4 which companies were used and how many patients were scanned?

Answer To Question 5: Radiology report they do not have any. They had the mobile MRI CDC van in 23/24, but only do CT currently.

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