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<p>Since 2016, around £162 million of central investment has been made to replace
or upgrade around 100 radiotherapy machines so that every radiotherapy service has
access to modern equipment capable of delivering innovative treatment techniques.
This investment was in addition to the investment that National Health Service trusts
make to maintain their infrastructure.</p><p>NHS England is currently undertaking
a stocktake of Life of Linear Accelerator (LINAC) age, which will be completed in
summer 2023 and is working with partners to undertake a demand and capacity review
which will complete in 2023/24. The output of this work will support local systems
to plan for equipment replacement. This will also help in the continued roll out of
stereotactic ablative radiotherapy, a highly targeted form of radiotherapy that is
now available in the NHS.</p>
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