Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 3693
Cancer: Tomography
Tabled: 2 September 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024
Named DayQuestion
Yasmin Qureshi
Labour — Bolton South and Walkden
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) it remains his policy to double the number of cancer scanners in the NHS and (b) that includes doubling the number of positron emission tomography scanners.
Answer
Karin SmythWe are working towards our commitment of doubling cancer scanners to address the challenges in diagnostic waiting times. Our commitment is related to magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography (CT) but of course we are also considering what increa...
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