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Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

Commons · Question 26293 · Tabled 24 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 31 Jan 2025

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Asked by Tessa Munt

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 22 January 2025 to Questions 24638, 24639 and 24640 on Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment, whether the criteria developed by NHS England for funding exclude (a) replacing ra

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Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 31 Jan 2025

The criteria developed by NHS England excludes the replacement of radiotherapy machines purchased by charities. These machines fall outside the scope of National Health Service capital replacement funding, as they are not originally procured through NHS-f...