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Brain Cancer: Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve access to clinical trials for brain cancer treatments.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 May 2026
Target answer date
18 May 2026
Answer
22 May 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve access to clinical trials for brain cancer treatments.

  2. 18 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 May 2026

    Answer published

    The Department is committed to ensuring that all patients, including those with brain cancers, have access to cutting-edge clinical trials and innovative, lifesaving treatments.The Department is supporting the delivery of brain cancer clinical trials thro...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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