Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to improve access to radiotherapy.

In 2019/20, 11 radiotherapy networks were established in England in 2019/20 to increase access to specialist skills and improve patient outcomes. Since 2016, over £160 million has been invested in radiotherapy equipment, which has replaced or upgraded approximately 100 radiotherapy treatment machines.