NHS England to wait to see final results before rollout of Galleri test

NHS England offered the following update on the ongoing NHS-Galleri trial: “Based on data from the first year of the three-year NHS-Galleri trial, NHS England has decided that it will wait to see final results, expected in 2026, before considering whether an NHS rollout of the Galleri multi cancer early detection test – the Multi Cancer Blood Test Programme, MCBT -should go ahead. NHS England’s commercial agreement with health technology company GRAIL in November 2020 positioned the NHS at the forefront of an exciting area of healthcare innovation, and the company’s Galleri test is now being subjected to one of the most rigorous investigations in any healthcare system worldwide. Over 140,000 people between the ages of 50 and 77 years have taken part in what is the world’s largest prospective trial of a multi cancer early detection blood test.”