Written Question·Northern Ireland Office·UIN 5321

Out of Area Treatment: Northern Ireland

Tabled: 11 September 2024
Answered: 7 October 2024

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of providing financial support to (a) cancer patients under the age of 26 and (b) their families when travel is required from N

Answer

Hilary Benn
Support for patients required to travel from Northern Ireland to Great Britain for medical treatment is a devolved matter for the Northern Ireland Department of Health. However, this Government wants to work with the Northern Ireland Executive, Assembly, ...
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