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Radiotherapy: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS radiotherapy waiting times.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

About this written question

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 8 Sept 2025
Target answer date: 10 Sept 2025
Answer: 11 Sept 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

8 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS radiotherapy waiting times.
10 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2025
Answer published
We will improve National Health Service waiting time performance, so patients are diagnosed faster and have quicker access to the treatments they require, including radiotherapy. However, we do recognise that there is much more to be done to ensure that t...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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