{"value":{"id":1661868,"askingMemberId":4822,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-09-19T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-10-16T00:00:00","uin":"200405","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued guidance on the use of out-of-date cancer treatment machinery to NHS bodies in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4423,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-10-16T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Department has not issued guidance on the use of out-of-date cancer treatment machinery as it is the responsibility of National Health Service systems to follow guidance from NHS England.</p><p>Recent Capital Planning Guidance from NHS England sets out the expectation that most radiotherapy equipment, particularly LINAC machines, will need to be replaced at ten years of age, to make progress on Long Term Plan priorities. The guidance states that integrated care systems need to develop replacement plans as part of their multi-year capital plans, in partnership with specialised commissioners, Cancer Alliances and Radiotherapy Operational Delivery Networks, based on an assessment of equipment age, capacity and demand, opportunities to improve access, and service risk.</p><p>At the 2021 Spending Review, £12.6 billion was awarded for NHS Operational Capital for 2022/23 to 2024/25. This accounts for the need to replace diagnostic and other equipment, and the need for NHS trusts to provide for replacements is recognised in the NHS Planning Guidance.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Cancer: Greater London","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1661868","method":"GET"}]}