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...