Brain: Tumours

(asked on 17th July 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve co-operation throughout the health sector to improve research on brain tumours.


Answered by
Caroline Dinenage Portrait
Caroline Dinenage
This question was answered on 24th July 2018

On 14 May the Government announced £40 million over the next five years for brain tumour research as part of the Dame Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission. A key element within this Mission is to improve cooperation throughout the health sector to improve brain tumour research. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Lord O’Shaughnessy) has been chairing the Steering Group for the Mission to ensure maximal impact. The Steering Group met for the second time on 13 June, and appointed Professor Richard Gilbertson from Cambridge as Interim Chair. Lord O’Shaughnessy has a keen interest in this work, and is continuing to be very closely involved. Professor Gilbertson will move the Group towards a longer term, sustainable structure for the Brain Cancer Mission. It is anticipated that a final structure will be in place in 2019. The Group’s next meeting is planned for the end of July.

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