Breast Cancer: Complementary Medicine
(asked on 23rd February 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering holistic support packages to secondary breast cancer patients in line with the NHS Long Term Plan.
This question was answered on 25th March 2021
The NHS Long Term Plan sets a clear ambition that where appropriate every person diagnosed with cancer, including those with secondary cancers, should have access to personalised care by 2021, which is based on a holistic needs assessment.
The latest available data from December 2019 show that 94% of trusts offered personalised care and support planning for breast cancer patients.