Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

(asked on 9th March 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many linear accelerator (LINAC) machines in operation across all NHS Trusts are beyond their recommended 10-year lifespan.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 14th March 2023

As of 31 March 2022, the number of linear accelerators aged 10 years old and over was approximately 20 out of a total of 268 machines in the National Health Service.

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