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Blood Cancers: Diagnosis

Commons · Question 83963 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 29 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Ian Byrne

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming National Cancer Plan for England will include (a) targets to improve the early diagnosis of (i) myeloma and (ii) other blood cancers, and steps to (b) reduce the number of G

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 29 Oct 2025

Early diagnosis is a key focus of the National Cancer Plan. It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including blood cancers, as early and quickly as possible, and to treat it faster, to improve outcom...