Written questions

Cancer: Health Services

Commons · Question 66899 · Tabled 11 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 21 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Sharon Hodgson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of appointing a Government lead to establish a strategic mission for (a) rare and (b) less survivable cancers.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 21 Jul 2025

We will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster so more patients survive, and we will improve patients’ experience across the systemThe Government supports Scott Arthur’s Private Members Bill on rare cancers. The b...