Bowel Cancer: Health Services
Commons · Question 58195 · Tabled 9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Bob Blackman
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve survival rates for bowel cancer.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 17 Jun 2025
We will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster, so more patients survive, including those with bowel cancer. As the first step to ensure faster diagnosis and treatment, the NHS is delivering an extra 40,000 operat...