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Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of rare cancer patients unable to access treatment options due to standard NHS funding limitations; what steps he is taking to address treatment

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
15 Jul 2026
Answer
17 Jul 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of rare cancer patients unable to access treatment options due to standard NHS funding limitations; what steps he is taking to address treatment

  2. 15 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to improving outcomes for rare cancer patients.Decisions on whether treatments should be routinely available on the National Health Service in England are informed by recommendations from the National Institute for Health and C...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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