Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 114828
Oesophageal Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 23 February 2026
Answered: 5 March 2026
Question
Steve Barclay
Conservative — North East Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department is taking to help raise public and clinical awareness of the BEST4 Screening trial and to support eligible patients to participate in capsule sponge testing for early dete
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedThe Department funds research and research infrastructure through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR is funding the BEST4 trial with over £3 million funding contributed through the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Progra...
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