Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 11782

Brain: Tumours

Tabled: 29 October 2024
Answered: 4 November 2024

Question

Alex Easton

IndependentNorth Down

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address the specific needs of children diagnosed with brain tumours; and whether he plans to take steps to establish a national brain tumour strategy to impro

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department recognises that children and young adults with brain cancer are often waiting too long for diagnosis. As part of our 10-Year Health Plan to radically reform our broken National Health Service, we will fight cancer on all fronts, from preven...

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