Question follow-through · 42012
Cancer: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost to the NHS of missed appointments by children and young people with cancer due to unaffordable travel costs.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 27 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 31 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 1 Apr 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
27 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost to the NHS of missed appointments by children and young people with cancer due to unaffordable travel costs.
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Department knows that the cost of travel is an important issue for many young cancer patients and their families. NHS England and the integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning and ensuring the healthcare needs of their local communities...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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