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Cancer: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 21831 on Cancer: Drugs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the findings on page 21 of

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
5 Feb 2025
Answer
11 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 3 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 21831 on Cancer: Drugs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the findings on page 21 of

  2. 5 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The Government wants National Health Service patients to benefit from effective NHS treatments at a price that is fair to the NHS and the taxpayer. It is important that we have a system in place for making evidence-based decisions on whether new medicines...

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Cancer: Waiting Lists

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Radiotherapy: Thames Valley

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

General Practitioners: Recruitment

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

General Practitioners: Recruitment

6 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of GPs recruited through the Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme in (a) 2024 and (b) 2023 (i) in total and (ii) per integrated care board.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

General Practitioners: Recruitment

6 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

General Practitioners: Recruitment

10 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to promote the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Primary Care: Finance

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