Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 25186

Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

Tabled: 21 January 2025
Answered: 24 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Tessa Munt

Liberal DemocratWells and Mendip Hills

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the letter from NHS England to NHS Trusts of 24 December 2024, for what reasons the radiotherapy machines fund guidelines exclude the cost of updating critical bunker protections.

Answer

The £70 million of funding is for new radiotherapy machines. The responsibility for costs relating to other aspects of radiotherapy treatment remains with local systems.