Cancer: Screening
(asked on 18th February 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cancer scans have been cancelled as a result of a shortage of radioactive materials since 2020.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 28th February 2022
Departmental officials regularly engage with major suppliers of radiopharmaceuticals and other stakeholders to ensure the continuity of supply for patients. The data requested on the number of cancer scans which have been cancelled is not collected centrally.