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Cancer: Medical Equipment

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 25 July 2025UIN 68753

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using nano needles to detect cancers.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

The Department looks at opportunities to utilise technology to improve diagnostic performance and bring down cancer waiting times. We are committed to backing an innovative clinical research ecosystem in the United Kingdom so that patients can be among the first to benefit as we make the National Health Service fit for the future.

The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has not currently made a specific assessment of the potential merits of using nanoneedles to detect cancers.

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