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Cancer: Health Services

Commons · Question 19805 · Tabled 12 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 17 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Clive Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the average cost of (a) bowel and (b) all cancer care at stage (i) 1, (ii), 2, (iii) 3 and (iv) 4 for patients referred by the NHS in England.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 17 Dec 2024

There is currently no available data on the average cost, broken down into cost per stage, of bowel cancer, or all cancer care. However, the following table shows the cost of cancer treatment in National Health Service trusts, reported over the last five ...