Question follow-through · 17281
Rare Cancers: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to long-term support services for people living with rare cancers.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to long-term support services for people living with rare cancers.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jul 2026
Answer published
Rare and less common cancers are a priority for the Government, and earlier this year the Department published the first National Cancer Plan to include a dedicated chapter on rare cancers. The Department is committed to ensuring that access to support se...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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