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Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) access to radiotherapy cancer treatment and (b) overall cancer treatment waiting times are within the scope of the independent investigation of NHS performance led by Professor Lord Dar

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
24 Jul 2024
Target answer date
29 Jul 2024
Answer
31 Jul 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) access to radiotherapy cancer treatment and (b) overall cancer treatment waiting times are within the scope of the independent investigation of NHS performance led by Professor Lord Dar

  2. 29 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 31 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Professor Lord Darzi of Denham to conduct an immediate and independent investigation of the National Health Service. Professor Lord Darzi will be considering data and in...

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Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Cancer: Medical Treatments

2 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cancer patients have had access to minimally invasive cancer therapies in the last year by integrated care board.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Cancer: Medical Equipment

2 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of non-invasive cancer treatment technologies in the NHS.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Buprenorphine

21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the availability of Buvidal.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Buprenorphine

21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the availability of buvidal for people released from prison.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Buprenorphine: County Durham

21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of buvidal in (a) County Durham and (b) Easington constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Buprenorphine

21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of ringfencing funding for buvidal.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pharmacy: Contracts

21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to conclude its consultation on the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pharmacy: Contracts

21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish the contract for the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Buprenorphine

14 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2025 to Question 31856 on Buprenorphine, if he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of ensuring Buvidal is made available on relea

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Buprenorphine

14 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the availability of Buvidal, broken down by region.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Radiotherapy

17 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to (a) decentralise the commissioning of radiotherapy and (b) give English regions more control over (i) treatment pathways and (ii) new radiotherapy technologies.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Radiotherapy

17 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the most recent new NHS radiotherapy centre was built that was not linked to the closure of an existing centre in (a) England and (b) the North East.