Question follow-through · 14284
Cancer: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people with cancer have equity of access to (a) age-appropriate and (b) specialist psychological support.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 14 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 20 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
14 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people with cancer have equity of access to (a) age-appropriate and (b) specialist psychological support.
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Nov 2024
Answer published
We are committed to getting the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster so that more patients survive. This includes children, teenagers and young adults (CTYA).NHS England has published service specifications that set out...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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