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Cancer: Screening

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 75352, tabled on 16 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made in the development and implementation of pan-cancer testing panels as part of the NHS Genomic Medicine Service.

Answered on

2 September 2020

There are seven Genomic Laboratory Hubs across England which are each responsible for coordinating services for a particular part of the country, and together they form the national Genomic Medicine Service. Each Genomic Laboratory Hub has developed an implementation plan and are continuing to develop pan-cancer panels for implementation as part of the NHS Genomic Medicine Service. NHS England and NHS Improvement continue to monitor progress on the development and implementation of pan-cancer panels.