Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 127275

Breast Cancer: Databases

Tabled: 14 April 2026
Answered: 20 April 2026

Question

Marie Goldman

Liberal DemocratChelmsford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to establish a metastatic breast cancer data taskforce to (a) identify barriers to data collection, (b) share best practice and (c) monitor progress on improving data

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson
The Department recognises the importance of robust and timely data on people diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer to support service planning and improve outcomes.The National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) in NHS England collects, curates, qualit...

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