Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 free cancer hubs have been established; what (a) procedures and (b) services those hubs provide; and how many of those hubs provide (i) chemotherapy and (ii) systemic therapies.

Covid-19 protected cancer hubs have been set up in 21 Cancer Alliances across England to provide cancer surgery and to keep patients safe. Cancer Alliances lead delivery and improvement of cancer care across England, working with and on behalf of local hospitals and services.

The hubs have been established primarily to ensure that urgent and essential cancer surgery can continue and to support the recovery of cancer services. Certain Cancer Alliances may also choose to use the hub model to support the delivery of other types of treatment, which may include chemotherapy and systemic therapies. Information on how many is not held centrally.