Table 1.
Results of the BSCMR 2019 survey
Country/Region | Population (million) | Number of CMR scans in 2018 | Number of CMR scans per million population 2018 | Number of CMR scans in 2017 | Number of CMR scans per million population 2017 | Number of CMR units | Number of CMR units per million population | Number of CMR scanners | Number of CMR scanners per million population | Number of CMR consultants | Number of CMR consultants per million population | Median outpatient waiting time (days) |
England | ||||||||||||
East of England | 6.3 | 8147 | 1293 | 6749 | 1071 | 6 | 1.0 | 8 | 1.3 | 33 | 5.2 | 33 |
London | 9.2 | 39 152 | 4256 | 33 241 | 3613 | 11 | 1.2 | 27 | 2.9 | 69 | 7.5 | 25 |
Midlands | 10.7 | 17 025 | 1591 | 15 073 | 1409 | 15 | 1.4 | 27 | 2.5 | 56 | 5.2 | 42 |
North East and Yorkshire | 8.4 | 12 285 | 1463 | 10 313 | 1228 | 10 | 1.2 | 24 | 2.9 | 45 | 5.4 | 33 |
Northwest | 7.4 | 12 562 | 1698 | 10 936 | 1478 | 9 | 1.2 | 17 | 2.3 | 37 | 5.0 | 42 |
Southeast | 9.1 | 8968 | 985 | 8177 | 899 | 12 | 1.3 | 21 | 2.3 | 36 | 4.0 | 41 |
Southwest | 6.0 | 8641 | 1440 | 8334 | 1389 | 8 | 1.3 | 15 | 2.5 | 28 | 4.7 | 44 |
England total | 56.0 | 106 780 | 1907 | 92 823 | 1658 | 71 | 1.3 | 139 | 2.5 | 304 | 5.4 | 40 |
Northern Ireland | 1.9 | 2450 | 1302 | 2300 | 1222 | 1 | 0.5 | 4 | 2.1 | 10 | 5.3 | 180 |
Scotland | 5.4 | 4495 | 827 | 4128 | 759 | 6 | 1.1 | 17 | 3.1 | 23 | 4.2 | 55 |
Wales | 3.1 | 1242 | 396 | 1135 | 362 | 4 | 1.3 | 6 | 1.9 | 14 | 4.5 | 50 |
UK total | 66.4 | 114 967 | 1731 | 100 386 | 1511 | 82 | 1.2 | 166 | 2.5 | 351 | 5.3 | 41 |
BSCMR, British Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance.