Question follow-through · 129111

Radiotherapy: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information on his Department holds on the number of people who have partially or wholly self funded proton beam therapy in each of the last five years.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
22 Apr 2026
Target answer date
27 Apr 2026
Answer
29 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 22 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information on his Department holds on the number of people who have partially or wholly self funded proton beam therapy in each of the last five years.

  2. 27 Apr 2026

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  3. 29 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Department oversees healthcare in England but does not routinely track how many residents have received proton beam therapy, either domestically or abroad, in the past five years.We also do not routinely collect data on patients eligible for this trea...

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