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Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 December 2025 to Question 100476 on Brain: Tumours, what plans the National Institute for Health and Care Research has to undertake horizon scanning of the pharmaceutic

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
4 Feb 2026
Answer
9 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 December 2025 to Question 100476 on Brain: Tumours, what plans the National Institute for Health and Care Research has to undertake horizon scanning of the pharmaceutic

  2. 4 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The Department invests over £1.6 billion per year in research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Cancer is a major area of NIHR spending at £141.6 million in 2024/25, reflecting its high priority.The NIHR is continuing to ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Prescriptions: Occupational Therapy

23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 71118 on Prescriptions: Occupational Therapy, what progress he has made on the wider programme of work relating to the medicines responsibilit

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NHS: Hearing Impairment and Visual Impairment

24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 105675 on NHS: Hearing Impairment and Visual Impairment, what steps his Department is taking to improve accessibility of NHS services for Deaf

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Health Professions: Regulation

25 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2025 to Question 95904 on Health Professions: Regulation, if he will publish a consultation on secondary legislation to modernise the General Medical Council’s

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Cancer: Vaccination

10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the scope of the NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch pad has been expanded since 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Kidney Diseases: Screening

11 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the uptake of kidney function tests among at-risk populations in primary care.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Kidney Diseases: Diagnosis

11 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to help improve diagnosis of chronic kidney disease.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Meningitis: Vaccination

25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the role community pharmacy could play in providing a MenB vaccine catch-up service to students and young people at risk.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Meningitis: Vaccination

25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department would consider commissioning MenB vaccination programmes through community pharmacy.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Meningitis: Vaccination

25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the cost-effectiveness of commissioning a MenB vaccination programme through community pharmacy.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Cancer: Vaccination

14 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March to Question 119469 on Cancer: Vaccination, how many pharmaceutical companies have been contacted by his Department with details of the expansion of eligibility of

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Watford Hospital

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward from 2032 the New Hospital Programme construction work to redevelop Watford General hospital should capacity become available.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Psychiatric Hospitals: Hertfordshire

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of acute mental health inpatient places in Hertfordshire.