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<p>Since 2016, there has been significant investment in radiotherapy equipment, so
that every radiotherapy provider had access to modern, cutting-edge radiotherapy equipment,
enabling the rollout of new techniques like stereotactic ablative radiotherapy. The
total central investment made between 2016 and 2021 was £162 million, and enabled
the replacement or upgrade of approximately 100 radiotherapy treatment machines. This
is investment on top of that committed by National Health Service trusts, either from
their own capital budgets or via donations. From April 2022, the responsibility for
investing in new radiotherapy machines sits with local systems. This is supported
by the 2021 spending review, which set aside £12 billion in operational capital for
the NHS.</p>
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