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Oesophageal Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department is taking to help raise public and clinical awareness of the BEST4 Screening trial and to support eligible patients to participate in capsule sponge testing for early dete

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
25 Feb 2026
Answer
5 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department is taking to help raise public and clinical awareness of the BEST4 Screening trial and to support eligible patients to participate in capsule sponge testing for early dete

  2. 25 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Department funds research and research infrastructure through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR is funding the BEST4 trial with over £3 million funding contributed through the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Progra...

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