Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 47461

Brain: Tumours

Tabled: 23 April 2025

Answered: 1 May 2025

Question

Victoria Collins

Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to include people impacted by low-grade brain tumours which follow the cancer pathways, care and treatment, but are not technically cancer in the National Cancer Plan.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The National Cancer Plan will include further details on how we will improve outcomes for all cancer patients, including those with brain tumours.Although low-grade brain tumours are generally non-cancerous, they can have similar, serious symptoms and req...

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