Oral Cancer and Throat Cancer: Diagnosis
Commons · Question 23318 · Tabled 13 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the time taken to diagnose (a) mouth and (b) throat cancer.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 16 Jan 2025
No specific assessment has been made on the adequacy of mouth and throat cancer diagnosis waiting times.However, it is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer as early and quickly as possible, to treat it fa...