Cancer: Northern Ireland

(asked on 30th June 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 effectiveness of the Cancer Strategy for Northern Ireland; and whether he has plans to publish a similar strategy for England.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 9th July 2021

The Department of Health Northern Ireland is currently finalising a new cancer strategy. The Department of Health and Social Care engages in sharing best practice between the devolved administrations and will review the new strategy when it is published. The Department of Health and Social Care’s cancer strategy is incorporated as part of the NHS Long Term Plan.

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