GOSH welcomes the Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce

The project will be led by Dame Caroline, who has been campaigning for a Childhood Cancer Mission, along with one of her constituents as part of Sophie’s Legacy.

Professor Darren Hargrave, who has worked at GOSH for 13 years to help develop better treatments for children with cancer, said: “Every day we work with incredibly brave children to try and treat their cancer and get them back to doing everything they want to be doing, such as going to school, playing with their friends and spending time with their family.

“We owe it to them to find them the best, most effective and kindest cancer treatments we can.

“Children and young people must be front and centre when looking at how to improve cancer care across the country.”

Dr Angela George, Co-Medical Director North Thames Genomic Medicine Service at GOSH said: “We are delighted to see that genomics is forming such a focus of this new government taskforce on children’s cancer care. We know how transformative cutting-edge genomics can be to improve healthcare and we are looking forward to being involved in the discussions and future plans.”