Written questions

Cancer: Young People

Commons · Question 20767 · Tabled 17 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 3 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Paul Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to tackle barriers teenagers and young adults with cancer face in accessing clinical trials.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 3 Jan 2025

To maximise our potential to be a world leader and develop a more competitive, efficient and accessible clinical research system, the Department is committed to implementing recommendations from the Lord O'Shaughnessy independent review of commercial clin...