Blood Cancer: Medical Treatments

(asked on 29th September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with blood cancer have had (a) CAR-T cell therapy and (b) a stem cell transplant in each of the last six months for which data is available.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 10th November 2020

The data collected is for all conditions that are commissioned for stem cell transplant by NHS England and NHS Improvement. It should be noted that there will be changes to the data in the last quarter due to the time lag in the reporting arrangements.

Stem Cell Transplants

March 2020

164

April 2020

69

May 2020

63

June 2020

89

July 2020

120

August 2020

123

Total

628


The numbers for CAR-T are collected via an alternative route and are correct to the end of September 2020.

CAR-T infusions

April 2020

13

May 2020

17

June 2020

21

July 2020

21

August 2020

9

September 2020

24

Total

105

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