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Table 1 Numbers of US machines, non-training grade POCUS users and FAMUS supervisors corresponding to each ITL2 territory (LETB deaneries shown in bold)

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)

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

 

97

271

121