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Radiotherapy: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for radiotherapy treatment.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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

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  1. 10 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for radiotherapy treatment.

  2. 15 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Radiotherapy is vital in cancer care, and it remains a key priority for the Government to reduce radiotherapy waiting times and provide the highest quality of treatment available. This is why the Government has invested £70 million of central funding on 2...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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