Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 12589

Breast Cancer: Genetics

Tabled: 4 November 2024
Answered: 12 November 2024

Question

Clive Jones

Liberal DemocratWokingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to test people diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer for the BRCA gene mutation.

Answer

Genomic testing in the National Health Service in England is provided through the NHS Genomic Medicine Service, and delivered by a national genomic testing network of seven NHS Genomic Laboratory Hubs (GLHs). The NHS GLHs deliver testing as directed by th...

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