Question follow-through · 33074

Stem Cells: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the number of haemopoietic stem cell transplants sourced from the UK.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 24 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 27 Feb 2025
Answer: 5 Mar 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

24 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the number of haemopoietic stem cell transplants sourced from the UK.
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Department’s Stem Cell Programme has provided £2.4 million of funding for the period 2022-25. The programme is being delivered by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and Anthony Nolan. It aims to enhance the resilience of the United Kingdom's stem cell s...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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