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Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the number of NHS Trusts that are using LINAC machines that are beyond their recommended lifespan.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
30 Apr 2025
Answer
30 Apr 2025 · 2 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the number of NHS Trusts that are using LINAC machines that are beyond their recommended lifespan.

  2. 30 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Department does not hold data on how many radiotherapy machines are beyond their recommended working life in each National Health Service trust.The number of radiotherapy machines in use which are over the 10-year recommended age is not published by N...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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