Voice for Radiotherapy campaign

A Voice for Radiotherapy is a new Cancer Research UK campaign in England to tackle inequalities in access to radiotherapy treatment.

Radiotherapy is extremely cost effective and each year, radiotherapy helps cure more people than anti-cancer drugs. The UK lags behind America and the best in Europe in making the most effective radiotherapy technologies available to everyone.

To meet this challenge, we are asking our supporters to sign a petition to the Prime Minister calling for an Action Plan for England, to tackle unequal access to radiotherapy, and ensure that all services have the:

1. Appropriate workforce: we want sufficient staff in place with the right training to deliver the best services.
2. Best treatments: we want all patients to have access to the best radiotherapy treatments, regardless of where they live.
3. Capacity to plan for the future: we want radiotherapy services that can plan properly for the future.

To add your support to our Voice for Radiotherapy campaign please sign up here.

For more information about the campaign please see our ‘more facts about the campaign’ page or see our science update blog post.

Cancer Research UK have also written a briefing, asking MPs in England to take local and national action to tackle inequalities in access to radiotherapy: 

• Cancer Research UK briefing for MPs on radiotherapy (February 2011)