Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new radiotherapy machines were applied for from the funding announced in the Autumn Budget 2024; and which hospital trusts applied.

31 trusts submitted applications for funding to replace a total of 40 machines, with some trusts having applied to replace two machines. This became 30 trusts after the North Middlesex University Hospital Trust joined the Royal Free London Group on 1 January 2025, during the application process. Each trust had submitted a separate request.

Of the 30 trusts that submitted applications, two withdrew their applications, namely the Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust and the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, having received funding for a replacement machine from National Health Service capital underspend. University Hospitals Birmingham did receive a contribution from this funding towards the refurbishment of its radiotherapy bunker infrastructure.

The 28 trusts that submitted applications, and who have been awarded funding to replace one machine, are as follows:

• Barts Health NHS Trust;
• Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
• East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust;
• Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
• Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust;
• Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
• Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust;
• Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
• Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust;
• Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust;
• North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust (Royal Free London Group);
• Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust;
• Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust;
• Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust;
• Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust;
• Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;
• Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
• South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
• The Christie NHS Foundation Trust;
• The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust;
• The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
• The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust;
• United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust;
• University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
• University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust;
• University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust;
• University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust; and
• Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.