Radiotherapy

(asked on 13th July 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to expand radiotherapy service capacity; and what assessment he has made of potential future demand for those services.


Answered by
James Morris Portrait
James Morris
This question was answered on 18th July 2022

In 2022/23, NHS England intends to undertake a capacity and demand review of external beam radiotherapy capacity. This aims to support local systems to plan radiotherapy provision, including the replacement of equipment.

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