Radiotherapy

(asked on 15th June 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of implementing a radiotherapy strategy on waiting times for cancer treatment.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
This question was answered on 23rd June 2023

We have no current plans to make a specific assessment. From April 2022, the responsibility for investing in new radiotherapy machines sits with local health systems.

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