Radiotherapy
(asked on 24th February 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were sent abroad for proton therapy in each of the last five years; how many such patients were children in each of those years; and what the annual cost was to the NHS in each of those years.
The information requested is provided in the following tables.
Number of patients sent abroad for proton beam therapy (PBT) in the last five years
Adult | Paediatric | Total Approved | |
2010 | 22 | 34 | 56 |
2011 | 19 | 61 | 80 |
2012 | 20 | 86 | 106 |
2013 | 23 | 99 | 122 |
2014 | 32 | 102 | 134 |
Cost to the National Health Service of sending patients abroad for PBT in the last five years
2009-10 |
| £1.32 million |
2010-11 |
| £4.48 million |
2011-12 |
| £8.80 million |
2012-12 |
| £8.23 million |
2013-14 |
| £9.63 million |
In April 2012, the Secretary of State announced that £250 million will be invested to build PBT facilities at The Christie Hospital in Manchester and University College London Hospitals. Work has already started and the first facility is due to become operational in 2018.