Written questions

Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

Commons · Question 49345 · Tabled 30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 6 May 2025

Question

Asked by Tessa Munt

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of restricting the radiotherapy machine fund to replacing only end of life machines on his Department's ability to make new radiotherapy capacity

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 6 May 2025

The £70 million fund will replace older radiotherapy machines with new, more efficient radiotherapy machines, which will in turn increase treatment capacity and allow more patients to be treated.All future spending commitments beyond 2025/26, including th...