Blood Cancer: Medical Treatments

(asked on 11th January 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of treatment provisions for people diagnosed with advanced-stage of (a) mycosis fungoides and (b) Sézary syndrome, two subtypes of Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 27th January 2021

No recent assessment has been made.

Cancer Alliances have pathways in place to support diagnosis as part of their skin cancer pathways. NHS England and NHS Improvement have contributed to the development of the United Kingdom Rare Disease Framework, which was published on 9 January and will work with other stakeholders in England to develop an action plan to implement the Framework.

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