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Cancer: Screening

Commons · Question 66389 · Tabled 9 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 18 Jul 2025

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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...