Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 197624

Cancer: Children

Tabled: 4 September 2023
Answered: 7 September 2023
Named Day

Question

Navendu Mishra

LabourStockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing increased financial support for child cancer patients and their families.

Answer

The Department has not made an assessment as it is the responsibility of National Health Service providers to ensure that the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme (HTCS) is appropriately utilised.If a patient, including a child cancer patient, is referred to ho...

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