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Brain: Tumours
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of recent trends in the amount of time it takes to diagnose brain tumours in (a) children and (b) young adults on long-term health ou
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 29 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 31 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 4 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
29 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of recent trends in the amount of time it takes to diagnose brain tumours in (a) children and (b) young adults on long-term health ou
31 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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4 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Department recognises that children and young adults with brain cancer are often waiting too long for diagnosis. As part of our 10-Year Health Plan to radically reform our broken National Health Service, we will fight cancer on all fronts, from preven...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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