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registered interest true more like this
date less than 2024-02-01more like thismore than 2024-02-01
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
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 remove filter
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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, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of variations in access to genetic and genomic testing for cancer through the NHS Genomics Medicine Service; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce these variations. more like this
tabling member constituency Carshalton and Wallington remove filter
tabling member printed
Elliot Colburn more like this
uin 12687 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-02-08more like thismore than 2024-02-08
answer text <p>The seven NHS Genomic Medicine Service Alliances raise awareness of genomics among healthcare professionals and support delivery of equitable access to genomic testing, clinical genetics, and genomic counselling services. NHS England has also established the NHS Genomics Ethics, Equity and Legal Advisory Group to ensure that the NHS Genomic Medicine Service (NHS GMS) provides equitable access to all patients. The group will identify and review appropriate datasets to inform health inequalities analysis of the NHS GMS, and identify actions to address inequalities.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Pendle more like this
answering member printed Andrew Stephenson more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-02-08T15:44:36.417Zmore like thismore than 2024-02-08T15:44:36.417Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Elliot Colburn more like this