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Cancer: Diagnosis

Commons · Question 73836 · Tabled 1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 10 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cancer early diagnosis targets are appropriate for blood cancers.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 10 Sep 2025

The Department remains committed to the early diagnosis of cancer and to improving outcomes for patients. However, we recognise that there is more to be done to ensure that patients with harder to stage cancers, such as blood cancer, receive fast and earl...