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Patrick Grady Excerpts
Tuesday 4th July 2017

(7 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Steve Brine Portrait Steve Brine
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Yes. Progress is really encouraging, and I am sure that Members on both sides of the House will have been encouraged to see today’s press coverage about the chief medical officer’s independent report on genomics—the age of precision medicine is truly here. The NHS has always been at the forefront of new technologies, and so it must be with this; we are determined that it will be.

Patrick Grady Portrait Patrick Grady (Glasgow North) (SNP)
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T3. Would a Minister be willing to meet the all-party group on blood donation after it has been reconvened next week and would they be able to provide an update on the work of the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs in respect of lifting or easing the deferral period for gay men who want to donate blood?

Jackie Doyle-Price Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Jackie Doyle-Price)
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I would be happy to agree to such a meeting, and I know this issue has support on both sides of the House.