Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 101489

Human Tissue: Storage

Tabled: 18 December 2025

Answered: 5 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of geographic variation in access to tissue-freezing services; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure equitable access to advanced trea

Answer

Ashley Dalton

Pathology services in England are delivered through 27 regional pathology networks, and offer a comprehensive range of tests, including the analysis of brain tissues.Individual pathology services maintain their own standard operating procedures (SOPs) for...

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