Written questions

Leukaemia: Screening

Commons · Question 30216 · Tabled 10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 18 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of levels of capacity in phlebotomy services on the time taken for leukaemia cases to be diagnosed.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 18 Feb 2025

We are taking meaningful steps to improve cancer diagnostic performance for all cancers, including leukaemia. The 2025/26 NHS Planning Guidance sets a stretching target for cancer diagnosis that will see approximately 100,000 more people every year having...