Table 1

Procedures in NHS centres 1997

19961997
Mean number of adult catheter sessions per week16.115.7
Mean annual number of adult diagnostic angiograms per centre20872547
Mean annual number of adult intervention procedures per centre460475
Mean number of consultant cardiologists undertaking diagnostic catheterisation 7.67.7
Mean number of junior cardiology staff undertaking diagnostic catheterisation6.36.3
Mean number of radiologists (consultant and junior) undertaking diagnostic catheterisation0.70.6
Mean number of trained cardiology interventionists per centre6.76.2
Mean number of consultant radiology interventionists0.30.13