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<p>The NHS Long Term Plan committed to invest £130 million in radiotherapy equipment
between 2016 and 2018, with an additional £32 million provided in 2021/22. This has
enabled the replacement or upgrade of approximately 100 radiotherapy treatment machines.</p><p>The
2021 Spending Review allocated £12 billion of operational capital for the National
Health Service over the next three years and the recent Capital Planning Guidance
requires the majority of radiotherapy equipment to be replaced at 10 years of age.
As of 31 March 2022, the number of linear accelerators aged 10 years old and over
was approximately 20 out of a total of 268 machines in NHS service.</p>
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