Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Major Conditions and Diseases Strategy will include plans to increase (a) access to radiotherapy cancer treatments, (b) the number of radiotherapy treatment machines and (c) the specialist radiotherapy cancer workforce.

The Government cannot pre-empt the Major Conditions Strategy prior to its publication.

The Major Conditions Strategy will look at the treatment and prevention of cancer in people of all ages, covering the patient pathway. The strategy will look at a wide range of interventions and enablers to improve outcomes and experience for cancer patients.

This Strategy will draw on previous work on cancer, including over 5,000 submissions provided to the Department as part of our Call for Evidence last year.  We will continue to work closely with stakeholders, citizens, and the National Health Service in coming weeks to identify actions for the Strategy that will have the most impact.