Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that patients in the UK continue to receive, post-Brexit, radiological examinations and radiotherapy procedures using equipment that meets European standards of technical capability and safety.

New legislation implementing European Union patient safety standards for medical exposures in the United Kingdom comes into force on 6 February 2018. These regulations ensure that individuals are protected when exposed to ionising radiation from medical equipment for imaging or treatment purposes and include provisions relating to quality assurance, testing and use of medical radiological equipment.

The Department is working on ensuring the best outcome for the health and social care system following the UK’s exit from the EU. All relevant teams within the Department and other relevant Government departments and agencies are involved with this work and assessing the implications of the UK leaving the EU on their area. The UK expects to continue to be at the forefront of international activities in radiation protection through its activities with the International Atomic Energy Agency.