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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-04-13more like thismore than 2017-04-13
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 remove filter
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Cancer: Drugs 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, what steps he is taking to ensure that existing and cost-effective drugs which have been shown to be effective in reducing the risk of recurrence and spread of incurable cancer are repurposed as quickly as possible. more like this
tabling member constituency Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East more like this
tabling member printed
Stuart C. McDonald more like this
uin 70880 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-04-24more like thismore than 2017-04-24
answer text <p>The Government is working with a range of organisations, including the Association of Medical Research Charities, to ensure that robust evidence showing new uses for existing drugs can be brought more systematically into clinical practice to benefit patients.</p><p> </p><p>Significant progress has been made in designing a ‘drug re-purposing pathway’ to help the charities and others to navigate a route through the National Health Service so that they can see how research can be shared at a national level and then picked up locally where it can reach the patient. Work on this is continuing.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon more like this
answering member printed Nicola Blackwood more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-04-24T17:06:50.803Zmore like thismore than 2017-04-24T17:06:50.803Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford more like this
tabling member
4393
label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald more like this