Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 49345
Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
Tabled: 30 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025
Named DayQuestion
Tessa Munt
Liberal Democrat — Wells and Mendip Hills
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of restricting the radiotherapy machine fund to replacing only end of life machines on his Department's ability to make new radiotherapy capacity
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe £70 million fund will replace older radiotherapy machines with new, more efficient radiotherapy machines, which will in turn increase treatment capacity and allow more patients to be treated.All future spending commitments beyond 2025/26, including th...
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