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Appendix Table A.1: Linear Accelerator usage statistics Trust Number of devices Fractions Number of months in which device was not available Average per machine month Average per machine Additional fractions if brought up to average usage Abertawe Bro Morgannwg 4 25,690 0 535 6,423 3,374 University <strong>NHS</strong> Trust Barking, Havering and 4 20,836 0 434 5,209 8,228 Redbridge University Hospitals <strong>NHS</strong> Trust Barts and <strong>The</strong> London <strong>NHS</strong> 4 22,806 0 475 5,702 6,258 Trust Belfast Health and Social 8 58,495 0 609 7,312 0 Care Trust Cambridge University 8 50,647 0 528 6,331 7,482 Hospitals <strong>NHS</strong> Foundation Trust Clatterbridge Centre For 9 78,242 0 724 8,694 0 Oncology <strong>NHS</strong> Foundation Trust Colchester Hospital 4 23,540 0 490 5,885 5,524 University <strong>NHS</strong> Foundation Trust Derby Hospitals <strong>NHS</strong> 3 25,797 0 717 8,599 0 Foundation Trust East and North 8 49,507 7 556 6,188 4,383 Hertfordshire <strong>NHS</strong> Trust Gloucestershire Hospitals 4 37,214 0 775 9,304 0 <strong>NHS</strong> Foundation Trust Hull and East Yorkshire 7 29,125 3 360 4,161 19,921 Hospitals <strong>NHS</strong> Trust Imperial College Healthcare 6 32,140 0 446 5,357 11,457 <strong>NHS</strong> Trust Lancashire Teaching 6 44,513 0 618 7,419 0 Hospital <strong>NHS</strong> Foundation Trust Leeds Teaching Hospitals 10 61,850 6 543 6,185 7,178 <strong>NHS</strong> Trust Norfolk and Norwich 4 23,959 0 499 5,990 5,105 University Hospitals <strong>NHS</strong> Foundation Trust North Cumbria University 2 10,252 0 427 5,126 4,280 Hospitals <strong>NHS</strong> Trust North Wales <strong>NHS</strong> Trust 3 23,692 0 658 7,897 0 Northampton General Hospital <strong>NHS</strong> Trust Nottingham University Hospital <strong>NHS</strong> Trust 3 27,000 0 750 9,000 0 4 40,000 0 833 10,000 0 83 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0HW www.taxpayersalliance.com 0845 330 9554 (office hours) 07795 084 113 (24 hours) 17