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Cancer: Genomics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the NHS's genomic testing capacity for patients diagnosed with cancer.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
26 Mar 2025
Answer
2 Apr 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the NHS's genomic testing capacity for patients diagnosed with cancer.

  2. 26 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Genomic testing in the National Health Service in England is provided through the NHS Genomic Medicine Service and delivered by a national genomic testing network of seven NHS Genomic Laboratory Hubs (GLHs). The NHS GLHs deliver testing as directed by the...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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