Written questions

Skin Cancer

Commons · Question 72578 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 5 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) help ensure that NHS skin cancer referrals are completed within the 14-day target and (b) address the backlog in Farnham and Bordon constituency.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 5 Sep 2025

The Department is supporting the National Health Service in taking steps to reduce the time taken from referral to diagnosis of cancer, including skin cancer.As a first step, NHS England published guidance for local health and care systems and providers a...