Question follow-through · 67558

Breast Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing treatment options for people with Secondary Breast Cancer.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 Jul 2025
Target answer date
16 Jul 2025
Answer
25 Jul 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing treatment options for people with Secondary Breast Cancer.

  2. 16 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 25 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    To assess the adequacy of existing treatment options for people with secondary breast cancer, NHS England funded an audit into primary and metastatic breast cancer. Using routine data collected from patients diagnosed in a National Health Service setting,...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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