Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 23292

Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

Tabled: 13 January 2025
Answered: 15 January 2025

Question

Tim Farron

Liberal DemocratWestmorland and Lonsdale

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.71 of the Autumn Budget 2024, what estimate he has made of the number of radiotherapy machines that will be replaced; and whether his Department plans to fundi a rolli

Answer

NHS England will allocate funding to trusts to purchase new radiotherapy machines, and trusts may purchase different types of machines. Therefore, it is not yet known how many machines will be purchased. There are currently no plans to have a rolling repl...

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