Incisionless ultrasound surgery provision

Early day motion 1803, tabled 1 September 2025 by Charlotte Cane (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 12 members.

That this House understands patients at Addenbrooke’s Hospital will be the first in the UK and Europe to benefit from incisionless ultrasound surgery using a histotripsy machine to support their cancer treatment; further understands that histotripsy uses pulsed sound waves to form bubble clouds which create mechanical forces that can destroy tissue at cellular and sub-cellular levels without the need for the ionising energy of radiation, heat damage from thermal treatments or require surgery; notes that treatment is delivered through a single short session and can be performed as a day case; believes that this could reduce cancer treatment times and significantly improve cancer survival rates; hopes this treatment will be successful enough to warrant national roll-out; and calls for the Government and health authorities to observe these impacts and review potential benefits of a wider roll-out of the treatment.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 8, Independent 2, DUP 1, Scottish National Party 1.