Cancer: Screening
Commons · Question 66389 · Tabled 9 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Clive Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve turnaround times for genomic and biomarker testing of suspected cancers in (a) Berkshire and (b) the UK.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 18 Jul 2025
Genomic testing in the National Health Service in England is delivered by a network of seven NHS Genomic Laboratory Hubs (GLHs), with the South-East GLH serving Berkshire. Genomic testing is one element of the cancer pathway, with other dependencies on ov...