Radiotherapy: Waiting Lists
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for radiotherapy treatment.
Answered by Karin Smyth
Radiotherapy is vital in cancer care, and it remains a key priority for the Government to reduce radiotherapy waiting times and provide the highest quality of treatment available. This is why the Government has invested £70 million of central funding on 28 new radiotherapy machines across the country to replace older machines. These new machines are more efficient meaning that more patients can be seen more quickly. This will help to reduce waiting times for cancer patients.
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