Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis
Commons · Question 78507 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Ruth Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to collaborate with (a) academic institutions, (b) industry, and (c) research charities in rolling out new diagnostic tools for pancreatic cancer across primary
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 20 Oct 2025
While cancer, including pancreatic cancer, is not diagnosed in primary care, there are initiatives to improve the identification of cancer symptoms in primary care. This includes ‘Jess’s Rule’, which supports clinicians to rethink their assessments when p...