Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 38566

Radiotherapy

Tabled: 17 March 2025

Answered: 20 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Grahame Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to (a) decentralise the commissioning of radiotherapy and (b) give English regions more control over (i) treatment pathways and (ii) new radiotherapy technologies.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The Government is investing £70 million of central funding to replace radiotherapy machines, to ensure the most advanced treatment is available to patients who need it, however since April 2022, the responsibility for investing in new radiotherapy machine...

ⓘ

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 38566) →