Blood Cancer: Diagnosis
Commons · Question 19463 · Tabled 11 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Simon Opher
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will (a) introduce emergency presentation as a proxy staging measure for non-stageable blood cancers and (b) apply a corresponding national target to (i) measure and (ii) support
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 16 Dec 2024
There are no current plans to introduce a specific proxy staging measure or a corresponding national target to support the earlier diagnosis of blood cancers. To tackle late diagnoses of blood cancers, the National Health Service is implementing non-speci...