Written questions

Breast Cancer: Genetics

Commons · Question 18282 · Tabled 5 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 12 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Clive Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2024 to Question 12590 on Breast Cancer: Genetics, what steps his Department is taking to reduce regional inequities in access to genetic counselling.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 12 Dec 2024

We have launched a 10-Year Health Plan to reform the National Health Service. A central and core part of the 10-Year Health Plan will be our workforce and how we ensure we train and provide the staff, such as genetic counsellors, as well as the technology...