Cancer (Hansard, 28 March 2000)

§ 37. Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are being taken to increase the availability of modern equipment for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer in NHS hospitals. [115186]

38. Mr. Gareth R. Thomas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are being taken to increase the availability of modern equipment for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer in NHS hospitals. [115187]

§ Yvette Cooper
In January, the Government announced a £100 million cash injection which will pay for the most up to date equipment (computed tomography, scanners, simulators and planning computers to calculate radiotherapy doses) to diagnose and treat cancer more quickly and effectively. This £100 million cash boost for cancer is the biggest-ever single investment in cancer equipment in the history of the NHS.
This record investment is on top of the allocation of £93 million from the National Lottery that has been allocated for cancer diagnosis and treatment equipment (breast screening equipment—mobile trailers, ultrasound and mammography machines, MRI scanners and linear accelerators) to over 200 NHS hospitals.