Question follow-through · 109206

Breast Cancer: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the training provided to GPs on prescribing risk-reducing drugs to women at increased risk of breast cancer.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
4 Feb 2026
Answer
4 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the training provided to GPs on prescribing risk-reducing drugs to women at increased risk of breast cancer.

  2. 4 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    General practitioners (GPs) are responsible for ensuring their own clinical knowledge remains up-to-date and for identifying learning needs as part of their continuing professional development. This activity should include taking account of new research a...

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