Mobile Theatres and Scanners - FOI Response Register

Please provide the following information:

1. The number of mobile operating theatres in your health board

Nil

2. The total cost weekly cost of mobile operating theatres in your health board

Nil

3. The weekly cost of each individual mobile operating theatre in your health board

Nil

4. The number of mobile scanners in your health board

N/A

5. The total cost weekly cost of mobile scanners in your health board

 (see above response to Q4)

6. The weekly cost of each individual mobile scanner in your health board

 (see above response to Q4)

7. Total annual expense on mobile operating theatres from 2020 to date.

We had a mobile operating theatre in operation between January 2022 and September 2022 to enable us to provide additional theatre capacity as part of COVID recovery and to complete a capital project to refurbish the Day Surgical Unit and increase its capacity. Scottish Government funded this via additional waiting list allocation. The rental cost of the Theatre for the period in operation was £804,589.

8. Total annual expense on mobile scanners from 2020 to date

MRI Scanner funded via a North of Scotland project in 2022-23 and 2023-24. NHS Tayside as the lead Board for this North of Scotland project though, hold these costs. Mobile MRI Scanner is no longer required. Permanent MRI scans first patients

9. For each mobile operating theatre and mobile scanner, how long you are contracted to keep it in operation.

N/A

10. For each mobile operating theatre and mobile scanner, how long you plan to rely on their operation.

N/A