Oesophageal Cancer: Screening
Commons · Question 114828 · Tabled 23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Steve Barclay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department is taking to help raise public and clinical awareness of the BEST4 Screening trial and to support eligible patients to participate in capsule sponge testing for early dete
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 5 Mar 2026
The Department funds research and research infrastructure through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR is funding the BEST4 trial with over £3 million funding contributed through the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Progra...