Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 20 December 2022.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve access to radiotherapy treatments for cancer patients.
Since 2016, approximately £162 million has been invested to replace or upgrade 100 radiotherapy machines, in addition to existing investment made by National Health Service trusts to maintain infrastructure. In 2019/20, 11 radiotherapy networks were established in England to improve workforce resilience and increase access to specialist skills and knowledge.
NHS England is undertaking a review of external beam radiotherapy capacity in 2022/23. This will support local systems to plan radiotherapy provision and allocate capital allocations appropriately, based on an assessment of equipment age, capacity and demand, opportunities to improve access and service risk.
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