Blood Cancer: Coronavirus

(asked on 15th July 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with blood cancer are (a) shielding and (b) of working age.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 11th August 2020

As of 16 July, NHS Digital data shows that 156,743 haematological cancer patients are currently shielding due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

NHS Digital does not report the haematological cancers numbers by age group.

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