| Heading: |
Radiotherapy: Finance |
| Question ID: |
1751786 |
| UIN: |
21458 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5317 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Paul Davies
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Paul Davies
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that funding allocated for radiotherapy is distributed equally across England, taking into account existing regional inequalities in radiotherapy a |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-07 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1506 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Andrew Gwynne
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| Answering Member handle: |
GwynneMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@GwynneMP
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| Answer text: |
The funding for new radiotherapy machines will be used to replace outdated machines, and allocated to trusts using criteria that NHS England is currently developing. The new machines will support the recovery of cancer waiting times and help ensure that p... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |