Cancer: Telford
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) quality and (b) availability of cancer services for patients in Telford.
Answered by Karin Smyth
Cancer services are provided from the Lingen Davies Centre at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, which comprises of an outpatient area, a chemotherapy day centre and radiotherapy facilities.
Linear accelerators at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, deliver around 1600 radiotherapy treatments, alongside 1700 systemic anti-cancer therapy (chemotherapy) treatments, each month for the population of Shropshire, Telford and the Wrekin. NHS England also commission cancer surgery for patients in the integrated care board.
Many rare cancers have dedicated pathways in place to ensure all patients can access the services required. These pathways are all agreed with the West Midlands Cancer Alliance.
The National Cancer Patient Experience Survey (CPES) allows cancer patients to give feedback on the care that they have received. This feedback is used to understand where care is working well and how National Health Service cancer services across England can be improved. Results from the survey are used by providers to improve the experience of cancer patients at a national, regional, and local level.
The CPES 2024 results for the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, were published in July 2025 and are available at the following link:
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