Question follow-through · 4531

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the specialised (a) challenges and (b) needs of young cancer patients are met.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 6 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 10 Sept 2024
Answer: 16 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

6 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the specialised (a) challenges and (b) needs of young cancer patients are met.
10 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2024
Answer published
In Spring 2024, the Department ran several workshops with colleagues in the health system, committed to improving cancer care for children and young people. The workshops identified key issues for exploration, and ministers are considering next steps to p...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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