Brain: Tumours

(asked on 14th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the level of regional disparities in access to (a) brain tumour clinical trials and (b) tissue-based precision medicine arising from variations in tumour tissue preservation facilities; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure all NHS neurosurgical centres have the infrastructure required to store brain tumour tissue for future research and treatment opportunities.


Answered by
James Frith Portrait
James Frith
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 21st October 2026

I refer the Hon. Members to the answer provided on 22 September in response to Question HL2877.

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