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Holly Mumby-Croft Excerpts
Tuesday 6th June 2023

(1 year, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Clive Betts Portrait Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East) (Lab)
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7. What steps he is taking to improve cancer waiting times and outcomes.

Holly Mumby-Croft Portrait Holly Mumby-Croft (Scunthorpe) (Con)
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16. What progress his Department has made on improving cancer survival rates.

Mary Glindon Portrait Mary Glindon (North Tyneside) (Lab)
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19. What steps he is taking to improve cancer waiting times and outcomes.

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Steve Barclay Portrait Steve Barclay
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The hon. Gentleman raises an interesting and important point. How we better equip patients pre-surgery and post-surgery, how we look at their wellbeing—the keep positive bit and the social prescribing—and how we think about being active are all are hugely important. I would be keen to learn more about the programme that he highlights and for either me or one of the ministerial team to follow up on his offer.

Holly Mumby-Croft Portrait Holly Mumby-Croft
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In March, the all-party parliamentary group on brain tumours published its report into research funding, which found that only about £15 million of the £40 million pledged has made its way into the hands of the researchers. Can the Secretary of State set out what we can do to fix these challenges in the funding system so that we can get that money into the hands of the researchers and improve those outcomes?

Steve Barclay Portrait Steve Barclay
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I welcome the fact that my hon. Friend has raised this point, because the £40 million of funding is available. That money is there, ready to allocate to quality bids. All the bids that have met the National Institute for Health and Care Research standard have been funded, but she is right to say that there is more money available and we stand ready to work with researchers to get that money allocated as soon as those quality bids come in.