Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 121845

Cancer: Children and Young People

Tabled: 18 March 2026
Answered: 31 March 2026

Question

Alistair Strathern

LabourHitchin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the uptake of the Play Well toolkit, as laid out in Action 8 for Children and Young People with Cancer, in the National Cancer Plan 2026.

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson
The National Cancer Plan, published on the 4 February 2026, sets out several commitments and ambitions on children and young people’s cancer, to be delivered within the next ten years.This includes commitments to improve the experience of staying in hospi...

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