Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of full-time equivalent interventional radiologists; and what assessment he has made of whether there are adequate numbers of interventional radiologists to deliver 24-hour services.

This information is not collected centrally.

By August 2017 there has been an increase of 844 doctors working in radiology since 2010, equivalent to an increase of 25.2%.

NHS England is aware that there is a shortage of interventional radiologists and is working with the Royal College of Radiologists on exploring options to increase access to training and to fast track training for new services such as mechanical thrombectomy.