Question follow-through · 49345
Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of restricting the radiotherapy machine fund to replacing only end of life machines on his Department's ability to make new radiotherapy capacity
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 30 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 May 2025
- Answer
- 6 May 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
30 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of restricting the radiotherapy machine fund to replacing only end of life machines on his Department's ability to make new radiotherapy capacity
6 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 May 2025
Answer published
The £70 million fund will replace older radiotherapy machines with new, more efficient radiotherapy machines, which will in turn increase treatment capacity and allow more patients to be treated.All future spending commitments beyond 2025/26, including th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants
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Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants
15 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2025 to Question 63305 on Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants, on what dates they held the meetings with the Patient Safety Commissioner to discuss the reco
ME/CFS: Health Services
27 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what clinical criteria are under consideration for determining eligibility for any nationally prescribed specialised service for severe or very severe ME.
ME/CFS
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in England have been recorded using the SNOMED CT codes as having Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis for the four categories of severity that the SNOMED CT codes r
ME/CFS
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, further to the publication of the Government's Final Delivery Plan on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome on 22 July 2025, when will the one-year update be published.
ME/CFS: Medical Records
9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, further to her answer to written parliamentary question 19983, which department or body holds the patient data recorded using the four categories of severity for myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic