Question follow-through · 62186
Prostate Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospitals are able to provide aquablation therapy for prostate cancer.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 24 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
24 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospitals are able to provide aquablation therapy for prostate cancer.
26 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2025
Answer published
Improving access to cancer treatment and care are key priorities for the Government for all cancer types, including prostate cancer. Aquablation therapy is not used for prostate cancer and so no hospitals will be offering it for prostate cancer.The Nation...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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