Cancer: West Midlands
Commons · Question 36 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 26 May 2026
Question
Asked by Sir Andrew Mitchell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve access to freezing and storage capacity for tumour tissues for oncology services in the West Midlands, in order to improve outcomes for hard-to-t
Answer
Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 26 May 2026
The Department has taken steps to improve tissue freezing for oncology services for all cancers, including hard-to-treat cancers. Standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the fresh-freezing, or snap-freezing, of tissue samples have already been developed ...