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Radiotherapy

Commons · Question 78110 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 17 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that every cancer patient who needs it has access to modern and timely radiotherapy cancer treatment.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 17 Oct 2025

The Government is taking decisive action to get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster.We have invested £70 million in replacing outdated radiotherapy machines across the NHS with cutting-edge technology that will spe...