PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(21 January 2025)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's TYA Service Specifications, what steps he is taking to deliver age-appropriate care in age-appropriate settings for teenagers and young adults with cancer.

Asked by:
Clive Jones (Liberal Democrat)

The Department is committed to improving outcomes and patient experience for teenagers and young adults with cancer. We recognise that cancer in teenagers and young people is different to cancer in adults and children, and that age-appropriate care is necessary regarding treatment, diagnosis, and wider support, as per the NHS England service specifications.

We are committed to considering this as part of our work through the relaunch of the Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce in 2025, which will focus on teenagers and young adults as well as children, ensuring that their clinical and non-clinical needs are met. We will set out further details on next steps in due course.

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