Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 81815

Royal Preston Hospital: Radiotherapy

Tabled: 14 October 2025

Answered: 17 October 2025

Question

Tim Farron

Liberal Democrat — Westmorland and Lonsdale

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will allocate funding to ensure that every patient at the Royal Preston Hospital who requires radiotherapy treatment is able to access it.

Answer

Karin Smyth

Decisions about funding for radiotherapy treatment are taken at a local National Health Service level, rather than by the Department, and there are no plans to change this.All cancer patients have access to radiotherapy treatment. Decisions about cancer t...

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