Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 103757

Cancer: Community Health Services

Tabled: 7 January 2026
Answered: 19 January 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Cancer Plan will include specific actions to deliver neighbourhood cancer care close to home, particularly for those in rural or underserved areas.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Bringing cancer care into the Neighbourhood Health Service is an important part of our forthcoming National Cancer Plan for England, enabling cancer patients to be treated and cared for closer to home.The National Cancer Plan, which will be published earl...
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