Written questions

Cancer: Medical Equipment

Commons · Question 68753 · Tabled 17 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 25 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using nano needles to detect cancers.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 25 Jul 2025

The Department looks at opportunities to utilise technology to improve diagnostic performance and bring down cancer waiting times. We are committed to backing an innovative clinical research ecosystem in the United Kingdom so that patients can be among th...