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Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on their approach to less survivable cancers.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Oct 2024
Target answer date
14 Oct 2024
Answer
14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on their approach to less survivable cancers.

  2. 14 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 14 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Government has not made an assessment of the potential merits of an action plan for less survivable cancers individually or as a group, or had specific discussions with international counterparts on their approach to less survivable cancers.Lord Darzi...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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