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...