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May 2023
Harrogate hospital appointments rearranged after CT scanner breakdown
Harrogate hospital has been forced to rearrange 76 scan appointments after one of its CT scanners broke down.
Patients due appointments this past week were either told their scans were rearranged or referred to Leeds.
Officials at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust said the scanner had "a number of breakdowns" over the last four weeks, each of which left it non-operational for up to two days.
CT scans create detailed images of inside the body which can identify issues such as tumours.
In total, 76 patients had their non-urgent appointments rearranged and 41 who required urgent scans were sent to Leeds.
Hospital managers say the scanner has since been repaired and will be replaced in June.
A spokesperson for the hospital trust said:
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