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Written Question
Brain Cancer
Monday 14th July 2014

Asked by: Dominic Raab (Conservative - Esher and Walton)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which neuro-oncology centres in the UK have the highest survival rates for patients with brain tumours.

Answered by Jane Ellison

NHS England has advised that this information is not held centrally.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Apr 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"6. What steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to diagnose brain tumours in children...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Apr 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"May I thank the Minister for her answer, and welcome her decision to write to local health boards, and Public Health England’s decision to write to heads of public health, to promote the delivery of the HeadSmart campaign’s brain tumour symptom awareness cards via schools? That gives us a shot …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Sep 2013
Brain Tumours in Children

"Thank you, Mr Sheridan, for calling me to speak; I believe that this is the first occasion that I have spoken under your chairmanship.

I have to say that on this particular topic I come as something of a novice. I was regrettably unaware of many of the basic facts …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Sep 2013
Brain Tumours in Children

"I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. He is absolutely right, and what we must do is to keep pushing the HeadSmart campaign to move it along even further...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Sep 2013
Brain Tumours in Children

"I will just make a small amount of progress before giving way, because I do not want to give a disjointed account.

David’s case is tragic and moving, but it is not a one-off; that is why we are here in Westminster Hall today. The cases I have mentioned are …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Sep 2013
Brain Tumours in Children

"I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and he is absolutely bang on. I will come on to discuss the three specific measures that are key as part of that co-ordination.

Many of these tragedies could be averted. Whether it is preventing avoidable deaths or limiting the permanent damage …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Sep 2013
Brain Tumours in Children

"I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention; I know that he feels very strongly about that point. It is an excellent point and the Minister will have heard it. I have a range of points that we can certainly follow up with the Minister if they are not addressed …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Sep 2013
Brain Tumours in Children

"I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. That sounds to me like a perfectly sensible suggestion. Again, it is a practical recommendation about how to deal with the fast-tracking from diagnosis to treatment, and again I am sure that the Minister has taken it on board.

The key thing …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Sep 2013
Brain Tumours in Children

"Again, I will make a small amount of progress and then I will give way to my hon. Friend. As I was saying, those signs are symptoms that we should be able to pick up on, even if it is just to get them checked out properly so as to …..."
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