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Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend the 22 January deadline for NHS Trusts to apply for funding towards new radiotherapy machines.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
17 Jan 2025
Target answer date
22 Jan 2025
Answer
22 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend the 22 January deadline for NHS Trusts to apply for funding towards new radiotherapy machines.

  2. 22 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The funding for new radiotherapy machines will be used to replace outdated machines, and allocated to trusts using criteria that NHS England has developed. The new machines will support the recovery of cancer waiting times and help ensure that patients ha...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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