Written questions

Cancer: Health Services

Commons · Question 110063 · Tabled 2 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for cancer treatment in the East Midlands.

Answer

Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 16 Mar 2026

The Department remains committed to ensuring that all cancer patients, including those in the East Midlands, have timely access to high-quality treatment services.The Department has invested £70 million into new state of the art radiotherapy treatment mac...