Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment tools he has put in place to analyse the impact on brain cancer sufferers of not having access to a clinical nurse specialist.

There are no specific assessment tools in place. However, the NHS Long Term Plan stated that all patients will have access to the right expertise and support, including a clinical nurse specialist or other support worker.

The 2021 Cancer Patient Experience Survey showed that 90.4% of patients with brain cancer reported that they had a primary contact who would support them through their treatment, with 84.5% reporting that this contact was a specialist nurse.