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Breast Cancer: Genetics

Asked by Clive JonesLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 12 December 2024UIN 18282

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2024 to Question 12590 on Breast Cancer: Genetics, what steps his Department is taking to reduce regional inequities in access to genetic counselling.

Answered by Andrew Gwynne

We have launched a 10-Year Health Plan to reform the National Health Service. A central and core part of the 10-Year Health Plan will be our workforce and how we ensure we train and provide the staff, such as genetic counsellors, as well as the technology and infrastructure the NHS needs to care for patients across our communities.

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