Question follow-through · 129104
Radiotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of patients who were eligible for proton beam therapy but did not receive it due to availability in each of the last five years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 22 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 27 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Haemophilia: Health Services · 9 Jul 2026
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- 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
22 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of patients who were eligible for proton beam therapy but did not receive it due to availability in each of the last five years.
27 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Department does not routinely collect data on the number of patients eligible for this treatment.Treatment for cancer is highly individualised and decisions about cancer treatment are typically made by clinicians and multidisciplinary teams of healthc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Haemophilia: Health Services
9 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the new service specification for haemophilia and related bleeding disorders has not been published; and when it will be published.