Steve Brine corrected a written answer on Tomography
Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat, Oxford West and Abingdon) asked written question 230888 on 11 March 2019. Steve Brine answered on 14 March 2019 for the Department of Health and Social Care, and Steve Brine corrected the answer on 14 May 2019. The correction replaced 2 figures (£29.4 million, £570) with 2 figures (£90 million, £900). Altogether 20 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of providing PET-CT scanning services through a (a) private contractor and (b) a NHS trust.
Original and corrected answer
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| The estimated total cost to National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts of providing PET-CT scans is | The estimated total cost to National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts of providing PET-CT scans is approximately £90 million, with an average unit cost of approximately £900 per examination (this includes the cost of both the scan and a standard tracer). Costs are not collected nationally by private contractors. |
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Receipt
| Read from | https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1086653?expandMember=true |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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