Question follow-through · 11155
Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of radiotherapy treatment machines in England.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 25 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 29 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 31 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of radiotherapy treatment machines in England.
29 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Government knows that cancer patients are waiting too long for a diagnosis and treatment. We will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer on time, diagnosing it earlier, and treating it faster, so that more patients survive this horrible set...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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