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Cancer: Diagnosis

Commons · Question 59995 · Tabled 16 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 30 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of an alternative to staging when measuring early diagnosis for (a) blood cancers and (b) other unstageable cancers.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 30 Jun 2025

There are no current plans to introduce a specific proxy staging measure or a corresponding national target to support the earlier diagnosis of blood cancers. To tackle late diagnoses of blood cancers, the National Health Service is implementing non-speci...