Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 77745

Cancer: Health Services

Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 13 October 2025

Question

Patrick Hurley

LabourSouthport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor people with inherited cancer risk for less survivable cancers.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The Department is supporting NHS England with initiatives to monitor people with an inherited risk of less survivable cancers. The 10-Year Health Plan commits to expanding genomic testing for inherited causes of major diseases to allow for earlier detecti...

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