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Liver Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing the exceptionality requirement for Individual Funding Requires for Chemosaturation therapy and comparable intervention for people who

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
28 Jan 2026
Answer
30 Jan 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 26 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing the exceptionality requirement for Individual Funding Requires for Chemosaturation therapy and comparable intervention for people who

  2. 28 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Department and the National Health Service in England are committed to ensuring that cancer patients have timely access to treatment and tailored medical support. In 2016, NHS England concluded that there was insufficient evidence to make chemosaturat...

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