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Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase levels of life expectancy for people with (a) low grade glioma and (b) astrocytoma.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Jul 2025
Target answer date
4 Jul 2025
Answer
10 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase levels of life expectancy for people with (a) low grade glioma and (b) astrocytoma.

  2. 4 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The National Cancer Plan is to be published this year and will include further details on how outcomes will be improved for all cancer patients, including those with astrocytoma and other brain tumours.The plan will include further details on speeding up ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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