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Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2025 to Question 23294 on Radiotherapy Medical Equipment, what (a) guidelines, (b) regulations and (c) restrictions have been issued to trusts on the use of NHS

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
4 Mar 2025
Answer
5 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2025 to Question 23294 on Radiotherapy Medical Equipment, what (a) guidelines, (b) regulations and (c) restrictions have been issued to trusts on the use of NHS

  2. 4 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Trusts were given a range of potential machines to purchase, and the use of these machines is the responsibility of the trust which houses the machine. Providers of National Health Service-funded radiotherapy services are required to submit a monthly retu...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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