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Breast Cancer: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address health inequalities in breast cancer prevention by ensuring that women in disadvantaged areas have (a) safe and (b) affordable access to (i) facilitie
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 27 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 31 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 7 Apr 2025 · 11 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
27 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address health inequalities in breast cancer prevention by ensuring that women in disadvantaged areas have (a) safe and (b) affordable access to (i) facilitie
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Apr 2025
Answer published
Tackling health inequalities, including in breast cancer prevention, requires a whole-Government effort. That is why there is ongoing work across the Government, from housing and education to employment and welfare, to ensure that health is built into all...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Givinostat
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Hospices: Finance
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Palliative Care: Community Care
14 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role his Department plans for hospices to play in shifting care into the community.
Palliative Care
14 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of palliative and end of life care on patients; and how the 10 year plan will ensure that there is adequate provision of these services.
Palliative Care: Finance
14 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of applying a currency model to the commissioning of palliative and end of life care services.
Palliative Care
14 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will provide guidance to Integrated Care Boards on the minimum provision of palliative care that should be available for hospices in their area.
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
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NHS: Drugs
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Trastuzumab Deruxtecan: Prices
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Asthma: Medical Equipment
16 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing free prescriptions for inhalers to people with asthma who are moving into adulthood.