Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 117712

Cancer: Diagnosis

Tabled: 4 March 2026

Answered: 13 March 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography scans for cancer diagnosis.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Government is committed to increasing access to Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) scans and other nuclear medicine for cancer diagnosis, primarily by boosting overall diagnostic capacity.As part of the diagnostic capital allocation fr...

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