Cancer: Radiotherapy

(asked on 14th December 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve access to radiotherapy treatments for cancer patients.


Answered by
Lord Markham Portrait
Lord Markham
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 23rd December 2022

Since 2016, over £160 million has been invested in radiotherapy equipment, which has replaced or upgraded approximately 100 radiotherapy treatment machines. In 2019/20, 11 radiotherapy networks were established in England to increase access to specialist skills and improve patient outcomes.

In 2022/23, NHS England will complete a capacity and demand review of external beam radiotherapy capacity. This will support local systems to plan radiotherapy provision and allocate system capital allocations appropriately, based on an assessment of equipment age, capacity and demand, opportunities to improve access and service risk.

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