Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of 10 January 2018, Official Report, column 146WH, when he plans to (a) publish the findings of the consultation on making radiotherapy services more accessible and (b) assess data on travel times for such therapy.

Following the consultation – ‘Modernising radiotherapy services in England’ – NHS England plan to publish a consultation report which outlines the feedback themes, alongside publication of the final radiotherapy service specification. The publication is currently expected to take place in autumn 2018.