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Cancer: Health Services

Commons · Question 124429 · Tabled 26 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 13 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Scott Arthur

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria will be used to ensure that the independent co-chair of the National Cancer Plan implementation board is independent of government.

Answer

Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 13 Apr 2026

The National Cancer Plan, published on the 4 February 2026, sets out several commitments and ambitions, to be delivered within the next 10 years. The role of the reformed National Cancer Board will be to support and monitor the delivery of the commitments...