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FOI 0506 2019/20 Radiotherapy Treatments Rescheduled Due To Linac Repairs

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December 16, 2019

Last updated: December 16, 2019

Freedom of Information Request: 0506 2019/20

I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:

How many radiotherapy treatment sessions were rescheduled due to the linear accelerator(linac) they were due to be treated in being out of service for repairs or maintenance.

In 2018/19 390 patient treatments were rescheduled. This is out of a total of 59,507 radiotherapy treatments delivered making a total of 0.65%.

Where there was planned maintenance, patients were not scheduled and so did not get rescheduled. The figures above are due therefore to unscheduled repairs.

 

 

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