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Brain: Tumours
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve outcomes for people with brain tumours; and if he will develop a brain tumour strategy to help improve (a) diagnosis, (b) treatments and (c) supp
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 22 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 24 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 30 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
22 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve outcomes for people with brain tumours; and if he will develop a brain tumour strategy to help improve (a) diagnosis, (b) treatments and (c) supp
24 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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30 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Department, NHS England, and the National Institute for Health Care and Research (NIHR) are taking several steps to help improve outcomes for brain tumour patients.NHS England has worked with the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission to designate centres ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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