AXREM Radiotherapy Manifesto – Improving Patient Outcomes

25 May 2021

The AXREM Radiotherapy Special Focus Group who provide most of the radiotherapy equipment in the UK, have been working collectively to produce an industry manifesto highlighting economic benefits, benefits to patient outcomes and some of the current issues that have magnified since the start of the pandemic.

• In this manifesto we call upon the government to invest more money in Radiotherapy treatment funding radiotherapy as needed by allocating 6.5% annually within the cancer budget.
• We ask that accessibility to treatment is improved for cancer patients with expansion of treatment provision.
• Improved screening and diagnosis to detect cancer earlier, so improved outcomes can be achieved.
• Revised payment mechanisms, there is a need for a comprehensive review that consider the whole treatment and new treatment methods.
• Clear funding models need to be established to support new IT and software associated with radiotherapy.