Written questions

Leukaemia: Screening

Commons · Question 30215 · Tabled 10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 27 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) help support community pharmacists in the early detection of leukaemia, (b) expand phlebotomy capacity and (c) increase levels of access to full blood cou

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 27 Feb 2025

It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service in catching cancer, including blood cancers, as early as possible, to treat these diseases faster and more effectively, and thereby improve outcomes.NHS England does not currently ...