Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 39837

Cancer: Clinical Trials

Tabled: 20 March 2025

Answered: 28 March 2025

Question

Dame Chi Onwurah

Labour — Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to involve young cancer patients in discussions about clinical trial designs.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

Patient and public involvement and engagement in research is an essential part of delivering world-class clinical trials, improving the accessibility of health and care studies, and increasing recruitment rates and retention of participants.The Department...

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