Dame Caroline Dinenage, Member of Parliament for Gosport and former Minister met with Claire Coutinho MP, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Children, Families & Wellbeing at the Department of Education to urge the Minister to improve educational support for children and young people undergoing treatment for, or recovering from, cancer.
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Children diagnosed with cancer are likely to have reduced educational outcomes due to prolonged absences and the impact of treatment. Yet there is little government evidence on the long-term implications of this, or any standard plans in place to mitigate this.
