Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN HL1676

Brain Cancer

Tabled: 6 July 2026

Answered: 15 July 2026

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what national route exists for clinicians to seek access to targeted treatments already used in other cancers where a patient with a brain tumour has the same actionable mutation; and what barriers currently prevent wider u

Answer

Clinicians can ask for access to targeted treatments that are not routinely funded through an Individual Funding Request. Where a treatment is not routinely funded, a clinician can apply to the relevant commissioner on behalf of their patient.Individual F...

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