From: Geographic variation in point of care ultrasound provision: results from a national audit
Region (ITL2 regional boundaries n = 37) | ITL2 regional boundary | Number of US machines (n) | Number of non-training grade POCUS users (n) | FAMUS supervisors (n) |
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East Midlands |  | N = 6 | N = 25 | N = 4 |
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | TLF1 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
Lincolnshire | TLF3 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | TLF2 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
East of England |  | n = 8 | N = 24 | n = 9 |
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | TLF2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
East Anglia | TLH1 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
Suffolk | TLH14 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Essex | TLH3 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | TLH2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Kent Surrey Sussex |  | N = 9 | N = 35 | n = 19 |
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | TLJ1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Surrey, East and West Sussex | TLJ2 | 6 | 26 | 16 |
Kent | TLJ4 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
London |  | N = 16 | N = 33 | n = 9 |
Inner London—West | TLI3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Inner London—East | TLI4 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
Outer London—West and North West | TLI7 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Outer London—East and North East | TLI5 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Outer London—South | TLI6 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | TLJ1 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
North East |  | N = 6 | N = 12 | n = 7 |
Tees Valley and Durham | TLC1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Cumbria | TLD1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Northumberland and Tyne and Wear | TLC2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
North West |  | N = 13 | N = 30 | n = 12 |
Greater Manchester | TLD3 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
Lancashire | TLD4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Cheshire | TLD6 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Merseyside | TLD7 | 4 | 12 | 6 |
Northern Ireland |  | N = 3 | N = 6 | N = 2 |
Northern Ireland | TLN0 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
Peninsula |  | N = 3 | N = 2 | n = 4 |
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | TLK3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Devon | TLK4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Scotland |  | N = 4 | N = 13 | n = 13 |
Highlands and Islands | TLM6 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
North Eastern Scotland | TLM5 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
Eastern Scotland | TLM7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
West Central Scotland | TLM8 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Southern Scotland | TLM9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Severn |  | N = 5 | N = 29 | n = 2 |
Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area | TLK1 | 4 | 27 | 1 |
Dorset and Somerset | TLK2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | TLK3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Thames Valley |  | N = 2 | N = 4 | n = 8 |
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | TLJ1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Wales |  | N = 2 | N = 6 | Wales (n = 1) |
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | TLJ1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
West Wales and The Valleys | TLL1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Wessex |  | N = 3 | N = 14 | n = 4 |
Hampshire and Isle of Wight | TLJ3 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
Dorset and Somerset | TLK2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
West Midlands |  | N = 10 | N = 25 | (n = 9) |
Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire | TLG1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Shropshire and Staffordshire | TLG2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
West Midlands | TLG3 | 6 | 17 | 6 |
Yorkshire |  | N = 7 | N = 13 | n = 18 |
East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire | TLE1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
North Yorkshire | TLE2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
South Yorkshire | TLE3 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
West Yorkshire | TLE4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | TLF1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | Â | 97 | 271 | 121 |