Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to encourage more cancer patients to donate tissue to assist with research into childhood cancers.

The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR has launched the online ‘Be Part of Research’ which enables individuals to search research studies currently recruiting participants in the United Kingdom, which is available at the following link:

www.bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk

Users may search based on health conditions, age range and location and access further detail, such as eligibility and participation criteria, which may include tissue donation.