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Cancer: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support charities that provide make a wish experiences for children undergoing cancer treatment.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
16 Oct 2025
Answer
24 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support charities that provide make a wish experiences for children undergoing cancer treatment.

  2. 16 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The Department is committed to improving outcomes and patient experience for children and young people with cancer. NHS England is taking steps to improve the experience of children in hospital and their families, including young cancer patients. To impro...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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