Question follow-through · 41017
Radiotherapy: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for cancer patients requiring radiotherapy treatment is before they commence that treatment in each region in England.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 31 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 31 Mar 2025 · 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 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for cancer patients requiring radiotherapy treatment is before they commence that treatment in each region in England.
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Department does not hold the data in this format. Data on cancer waiting times for specific treatments can be found on NHS England’s website, which is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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