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Radiotherapy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that funding for radiotherapy cancer treatments addresses regional inequalities in access to (a) advanced radiotherapy techniques and (b) radiotherapy

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 13 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 15 Jan 2025
Answer: 16 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that funding for radiotherapy cancer treatments addresses regional inequalities in access to (a) advanced radiotherapy techniques and (b) radiotherapy
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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16 Jan 2025
Answer published
NHS England and the integrated care boards are responsible for ensuring healthcare needs of local communities are met. These responsibilities include considering adequate healthcare provision, care, and wider support for local populations, including in re...

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