Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of levels of funding on the ability of the NHS to increase access to radiotherapy.

Since 2016, the Radiotherapy Modernisation programme has seen £130 million of new funding invested in improving radiotherapy equipment. As a result, the National Health Service has so far received 73 new or upgraded linear accelerators, enabling the delivery of advanced treatment techniques and faster treatment times. From April 2019, NHS England will be establishing 11 Radiotherapy Networks to build on this investment and lead the development of services at a local level. This will include ensuring that every patient benefits from best clinical practice and has access to innovative and advanced treatments and techniques.