Radiotherapy: Medical Treatments Abroad

(asked on 25th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on travel and accommodation for adults taking part in the NHS Proton Beam Therapy Service Overseas programme in (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2016 and (d) 2017.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 2nd November 2018

NHS England’s financial data for the National Health Service Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) Service Overseas programme does not differentiate between adults and children. Data for 2010 data is unavailable as this is before the creation of NHS England.

The costs per year from 2013/14 to 2017/18 are in the following table.

Cost of PBT Overseas patients 2013/14 to 2017/18 (£ million)

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

£9.13

£12.63

£20.81

£24.51

£22.75

This includes accommodation.

Travel cost figures are available in the following table. It should be noted that figures are only available for 2016/17 and 2017/18.

Cost of PBT Overseas patients travel 2013/14 to 2017/18 (£ thousand)

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

£0.44

£0.50

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