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Cancer: Health Services

Commons · Question 86370 · Tabled 29 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 17 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Simon Opher

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase funding for (a) the pathology (i) workforce, (ii) estates and (iii) IT infrastructure and (b) pathology disciplines involved in the pathways for cancer patients.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 17 Nov 2025

The 2025 Spending Review prioritised health, with record investment in the health and social care system. The Spending Review announced that annual National Health Service day-to-day spending will increase by £29 billion in real terms, a £53 billion cash ...