Question follow-through · 61478
Eye Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether chemostat can be prescribed by the NHS for the treatment of patients with ocular melanoma.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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
20 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether chemostat can be prescribed by the NHS for the treatment of patients with ocular melanoma.
25 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jun 2025
Answer published
Chemosaturation therapy, often referred to as chemostat, is used to treat cancer that has spread to the liver arising from ocular melanoma. It is not used to treat ocular melanoma alone.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published guida...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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