Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
Commons · Question 25186 · Tabled 21 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Tessa Munt
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the letter from NHS England to NHS Trusts of 24 December 2024, for what reasons the radiotherapy machines fund guidelines exclude the cost of updating critical bunker protections.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 24 Jan 2025
The £70 million of funding is for new radiotherapy machines. The responsibility for costs relating to other aspects of radiotherapy treatment remains with local systems.