Question follow-through · 18733
Radiotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients requiring radiotherapy start their treatment with 31 days of a doctor deciding on their treatment plan.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 12 Dec 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients requiring radiotherapy start their treatment with 31 days of a doctor deciding on their treatment plan.
11 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Dec 2024
Answer published
We understand that cancer patients are waiting longer than they should for the care they need, and we are taking action to address this. The Government is committed to improving cancer care and reducing waiting times for treatment, including for radiother...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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