| Heading: |
Cancer: Children and Young People |
| Question ID: |
1785240 |
| UIN: |
HL5848 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
924 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Moynihan
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Lord Moynihan
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the cost to the NHS, and (2) long-term health outcomes, of missed appointments by children and young people with cancer due to lack of support with travel costs. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-31 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
347 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answer text: |
The Department of Health and Social Care is committed to improving outcomes and patient experience for children and young people with cancer and we are aware that the cost of travel is an important issue for many cancer patients and their families.NHS Eng... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |