Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 98911

Brain: Cancer

Tabled: 10 December 2025

Answered: 5 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Dr Neil Hudson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to routine tissue freezing for brain cancer patients in a) Epping Forest and b) England for even access to advanced treatments, diagnostics and research.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

Fresh-freezing, also referred to as snap-freezing, is a standard technique used by pathology networks to preserve tissue architecture without chemical fixatives, allowing for subsequent molecular or histological analysis, typically supporting research or ...

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