Question follow-through · 16741
Breast Cancer: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people with symptoms of breast cancer are not dismissed by healthcare professionals because of their age.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 7 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
7 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people with symptoms of breast cancer are not dismissed by healthcare professionals because of their age.
9 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jul 2026
Answer published
It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including breast cancer in young people, as early and quickly as possible, and to treat it faster.The National Health Service runs Help Us Help You campaigns in...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Social Services: Learning Disability
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Prescriptions: Rural Areas
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of access to prescription dispensing services provided by GP practices in rural and remote areas.