Written questions

Leukaemia

Commons · Question 23624 · Tabled 13 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Clive Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase the five-year survival rate of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia, from 22% to 44%.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 20 Jan 2025

The Department is committed to improving survival rates for all blood cancers, including acute myeloid leukaemia. Raising awareness, delivering more research, including into new treatments, and improving early diagnosis of cancers, which includes blood re...