Leukaemia: Children

(asked on 4th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of treatment for people diagnosed with Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 7th December 2017

The usual treatment for juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia is a stem cell transplant, the only type of treatment that can currently cure the disease. Unfortunately, this type of treatment is only suitable for some children. Currently NHS England commissions stem cell transplants from 12 providers across England. Doctors and scientists are trying to improve the treatment of this condition through both National Health Service funded and charitable means, however at this time it remains difficult to cure.

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