The Government are producing a major conditions strategy and a key part of this will be how to improve cancer care in the future. As Vice-Chair of the APPG on Breast Cancer, Nicola asked the Minister to make sure that the strategy goes as far as possible to improve cancer care for women in West Bromwich and around the country.
Nicola: "It is essential that the major conditions strategy helps to improve the care offered by the NHS, especially to women suffering from breast cancer.
"I recently visited Chai Cancer Care with my hon. Friend the Member for North Warwickshire (Craig Tracey) to see the blueprint it has developed for how best to support those affected by cancer.
"Will the Minister congratulate Chai Cancer Care on its dedication to patients and families? And will she ensure that the major conditions strategy goes as far as possible to offer better, more joined-up care to women across the country?"
Maria Caulfield MP: "I thank my hon. Friend for her work in this space. She is a vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on breast cancer, and she also has first-hand experience of the impact of breast cancer.
"I congratulate Chai Cancer Care and all the charities supporting women who are going through breast cancer. It is important that the major conditions strategy not only looks at improving clinical outcomes, which are important, but supports the care that women receive—women often undergo multiple treatments in different clinical settings. That is also a priority in the major conditions strategy."