Question follow-through · 112251
Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the expansion of diagnostic genomic testing for cancer is accompanied by timely NHS access to targeted therapies identified by that testing, including where s
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 16 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the expansion of diagnostic genomic testing for cancer is accompanied by timely NHS access to targeted therapies identified by that testing, including where s
12 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Feb 2026
Answer published
The National Cancer Plan, published on 4 February 2026, sets out clear actions to expand diagnostic genomic testing and ensure that this is matched by access to targeted therapies. The plan confirms that every cancer patient who would benefit from genomic...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help encourage the use of community-based rehabilitation in the treatment of alcohol and substance use and addiction.