Written questions

Brain: Tumours

Commons · Question 51211 · Tabled 9 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 15 May 2025

Question

Asked by Clive Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of patients diagnosed with a brain tumour through emergency presentation in each of the last five years.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 15 May 2025

We are unable to answer the question exactly as asked as the Hospital Episode Statistics, the data set from which the data for this answer is drawn, does not identify how a diagnosed condition initially presents. However, the following table shows the tot...