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Cancer: Radiotherapy

Asked by Helen MaguireLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 30 October 2025UIN 84837

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cancer patients have effective radiotherapy treatment.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Radiotherapy is vital in cancer care, and it remains a key priority for the Government to provide the highest quality of treatment available. This is why the Government has invested £70 million of central funding on 28 new LINAC radiotherapy machines across the country to replace older, less efficient radiotherapy machines.

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