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Cancer: Fylde

Commons · Question 56939 · Tabled 3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 11 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to help reduce waiting times for cancer (a) screening and (b) testing in Fylde constituency.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 11 Jun 2025

The Government understands that more needs to be done to reduce waiting times for cancer patients, including those in Fylde constituency. To achieve this, we have delivered an extra 40,000 operations, scans, and appointments each week during our first yea...