Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 112251

Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 10 February 2026
Answered: 16 February 2026

Question

Clive Jones

Liberal DemocratWokingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the expansion of diagnostic genomic testing for cancer is accompanied by timely NHS access to targeted therapies identified by that testing, including where s

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The National Cancer Plan, published on 4 February 2026, sets out clear actions to expand diagnostic genomic testing and ensure that this is matched by access to targeted therapies. The plan confirms that every cancer patient who would benefit from genomic...

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