Cancer: Children and Young People
Commons · Question 29433 · Tabled 6 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Sharon Hodgson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Children and Young People with Cancer Taskforce will recognise that cancer is different in (a) young people and (b) children.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 17 Feb 2025
The Department is committed to improving outcomes and patient experience for children, teenagers, and young adults with cancer, from birth to 24 years of age. That is why we have relaunched the Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce, which will identi...