Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 29434

Cancer: Children and Young People

Tabled: 6 February 2025
Answered: 17 February 2025

Question

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

LabourWashington and Gateshead South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Children and Young People with Cancer Taskforce will recognise that teenagers and young adults with cancer have different needs to children.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The Department is committed to improving outcomes and patient experience for children, teenagers, and young adults with cancer, from birth to 24 years of age. That is why we have relaunched the Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce, which will identi...

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