| Heading: |
Leukaemia |
| Question ID: |
1795787 |
| UIN: |
46922 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5057 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Douglas McAllister
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Douglas McAllister
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help lengthen life expectancy for people with acute myeloid leukaemia; and if he will increase levels of funding for leukaemia (a) research and (b) treatment. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-30 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4981 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Ashley Dalton
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| Answering Member handle: |
AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answer text: |
The Department funds research into leukaemia through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR spent £133 million on cancer research in 2023/24.In leukaemia research, for example, the NIHR is funding the £2.6 million PROPEL tria... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |