Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 49619
Cancer: Clinical Trials
Tabled: 30 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025
Question
Clive Jones
Liberal Democrat — Wokingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason age is used to determine eligibility for cancer clinical trials; and whether he is taking steps to ensure that people aged between 16 and 24 have equitable access to such trials.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe Department is committed to maximising the United Kingdom’s potential to lead the world in clinical research, with the aim of ensuring that all patients, including teenagers and young adults with cancer, have access to cutting-edge clinical trials and ...
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