Question follow-through · 16119
Rare Cancers: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve coordination across community healthcare services when diagnosing rare cancers in young people.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 6 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 13 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve coordination across community healthcare services when diagnosing rare cancers in young people.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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13 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to supporting the National Health Service to diagnose cancer earlier and treat it faster, so that more children and young people survive. The NHS is improving the experience of young cancer patients across the system, including...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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