Cancer: Diagnosis
Commons · Question 59996 · 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 plans he has to ensure early diagnosis targets in cancer can be (a) measured and (b) monitored for (i) blood cancers and (ii) 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...