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registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2019-10-04more like thismore than 2019-10-04
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 remove filter
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Cancer: Screening more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on testing timeframes of changes being made to the provision of molecular pathology testing in cancer care and treatment. more like this
tabling member constituency Leicester South more like this
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Jonathan Ashworth more like this
uin 294725 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-10-08more like thismore than 2019-10-08
answer text <p>NHS England is mobilising the Genomic Medicine Service which brings together existing clinical genetics services and the new genomic laboratory infrastructure. By consolidating genomic testing services into seven Genomic Laboratory Hubs (GLHs), the National Health Service is able to operate more efficiently using cutting-edge high throughput technology and supporting make equitable access. The new service will enable additional genomic information to inform treatment and enable turnaround times to be kept to a minimum.</p><p>The turnaround times which are set out in the GLH service specification fall within the existing 62 day standard for receiving first treatment for cancer.</p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds more like this
answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-10-08T14:51:32.767Zmore like thismore than 2019-10-08T14:51:32.767Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth more like this