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How many additional CT scans and MRI scans have been performed to date as a result of the new scanners, against the 32,000 and 6,800 a year projected in the announcement, broken down by hospital?

Answered Question 26717 (2026)
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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many additional CT scans and MRI scans have been performed to date as a result of the new scanners, against the 32,000 and 6,800 a year projected in the announcement, broken down by hospital?

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Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

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I am advised that an additional 32,000 CT scans and 6,800 MRI scans per year are projected once all 38 new machines are operational at the end of the three-year implementation period. I also refer the Member to Written Parliamentary Question 26704 (2026).