Cancer: Children and Young People
Commons · Question 25940 · Tabled 22 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to deliver age-appropriate (a) care and (b) settings for teenagers and young adults with cancer.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 28 Jan 2025
The Department is committed to improving outcomes and patient experience for teenagers and young adults with cancer. We recognise that cancer in teenagers and young people is different to cancer in adults and children, and so age-appropriate care is neces...