Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 3697

Cancer: Medical Treatments

Tabled: 2 September 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that minimally invasive cancer therapies are available for patients across the country.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Data on the number of cancer patients that have had access to minimally invasive cancer therapies in the last year by integrated care board (ICB), is not collected. The adoption of new treatments, including increasing the number and availability of minima...
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