HC Deb 17 June 1994 vol 244 c689W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will set up specialist centres to look at all aspects of radiotherapy injuries; and if she will make a statement;

(2) if she will meet members of the Radiotherapy Action Group Exposure; and if she will make a statement;

(3) what action she has taken to ensure that radiotherapy in the NHS is properly supervised; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. Sackville

I am very concerned that patients receiving radiotherapy should have confidence in their treatment. My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, Baroness Cumberlege, has met recently representatives from Radiotherapy Action Group Exposure, together with Government's Chief Medical Officer, to discuss how best to consider their concerns. We are also working closely with the Royal College of Radiologists. We have agreed to establish a

Remand Centres in Wessex and Wales and the West: 14 June 1994
Establishment CNA Operational Capacity Population Percentage/CNA Percentage/Operational Capacity
Cardiff RC 81 110 104 128 95
Dorchester RC 20 30 29 145 97
Exeter RC 51 69 51 100 74
Gloucester RC 81 78 96 96

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