Question follow-through · 61166
Ultrasonics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's planned timetable is for the rollout of histotripsy treatment through the NHS.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 19 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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
19 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's planned timetable is for the rollout of histotripsy treatment through the NHS.
23 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2025
Answer published
Histotripsy is a non-invasive ultrasound treatment that destroys tumours without the need for surgery or radiation. It is delivered through the Edison System, developed by HistoSonics, which is one of eight transformative technologies supported through th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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