Cancer: Diagnosis
Commons · Question 81681 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Josh Fenton-Glynn
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to diagnose (a) cancers that present with (i) vague and (ii) non-specific symptoms and (b) pancreatic cancer.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 21 Oct 2025
The Department is supporting the National Health Service to meet the Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS), for 75% of patients to be diagnosed or have cancer ruled out within 28 days of being referred urgently by their general practitioner (GP) for suspected c...