Written questions

Brain: Tumours

Commons · Question 9023 · Tabled 14 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 22 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) adult and (b) paediatric brain tumour patients with a terminal diagnosis to find and participate in clinical trials.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 22 Oct 2024

The Department is committed to ensuring that innovative, lifesaving treatments are accessible to National Health Service patients, including those with brain tumours, and to implementing the recommendations of Lord O'Shaughnessy’s review into commercial c...