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Brain: Tumours

Commons · Question 7926 · Tabled 8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of regional variation in access to NHS brain tumour tissue freezing services.

Answer

Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 16 Jun 2026

The Department has not undertaken separate, specific assessments on access, regional variation, capacity, funding of freezer capacity, and consent to brain cancer tissue freezing. However, NHS England has recently completed a gap analysis of the need for ...