Overview

• The proposed “Owain’s Law” would require that patients receive full disclosure about tumour histology and guarantee a statutory minimum of fresh‐frozen brain tumour tissue at surgery.
• Ellie James has collected thousands of petition signatures and won backing from leading brain tumour charities to support her bill in the Senedd.
• Health Secretary Jeremy Miles argues that a blanket requirement to freeze all tumour tissue could delay critical diagnoses and undermine clinicians’ expert judgment.
• Under current NHS practice, over 90% of resected tumour samples are used for standard analysis, leaving insufficient tissue for experimental immunotherapies.
• After her formal meeting request was declined by the health secretary, James plans to escalate her campaign to secure a parliamentary debate on her legislation.