Written questions

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...