Ovarian Cancer: Screening

(asked on 24th June 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will hold meetings with his counterparts in Northern Ireland and Wales to discuss the introduction of BRCA testing for ovarian cancer in those areas.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 29th June 2015

There are no plans to hold meetings with counterparts in Northern Ireland and Wales to discuss the introduction of BRCA testing for ovarian cancer in those areas.

Healthcare is a devolved matter, however research and evidence of best practice is made available throughout the United Kingdom.

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