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Bowel Cancer: Medical Treatments

Commons · Question 4573 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 4 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the equity of access to encorafenib with cetuximab treatments for bowel cancer between in England compared to (a) Scotland and (b) Wales.

Answer

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 4 Jun 2026

Department officials have not had any discussions with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency or the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) about expediting the licensing and evaluation of the BREAKWATER treatment.The BR...