| Heading: |
Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment |
| Question ID: |
1752806 |
| UIN: |
21976 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-06 |
| Asking Member ID: |
429 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Derek Twigg
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Derek Twigg
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisation is responsible for procuring radiotherapy machines. |
| Is named day: |
true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-09 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4444 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Karin Smyth
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| Answering Member handle: |
karinsmyth
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@karinsmyth
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| Answer text: |
Responsibility for purchasing radiotherapy treatment machines sits with local systems. The Government committed £70 million for new machines in last year’s Budget, to ensure that the most advanced treatment is available to patients who need it. |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |